2010.54.8849

Mass Induction
Late 20th - Early 21st Century
17.00 in HIGH x 11.00 in WIDE
(43.18 cm HIGH x 27.94 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.8849


This is a black and white photocopy poster with an image of George H.W. Bush riding a pig in front of the U.S. Capital Building in the center. Bush has an American flag on the arm of his jacket and is right arm is held out straight in a salute. There is a border of 3 narrow, black lines about ? and inch from the edge of the paper. There are two 1-inch tall American flags in the top corners inside the border. Large, Centered, black text at the top reads "Attention!" with smaller text in below reading "All citizens 18 and over / step forward to defend the American way of life! / Report to the Fairmont Hotel, SF - California and Powell St. / on Wednesday September 19 at 1100 hours for", in large font again, "Mass Induction". Small font continues with "Into the U.S. Armed Forces / personally conducted by Commander-in-Chief George H. Bush". Below the image, medium, bold font takes up with "Be a part of the greatest American / adventure since Vietnam and / let them know: it's our oil!" At the bottom, the messages concludes with "Don't be Late! / The first 400 inductees will receive / a monogrammed body bag / a case of Evian mineral water".
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