Romeo and Juliet / Cartoons: U.S. Thrift Stamps (Anti-I.W.W.) Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Scenes from an amateur stage production of Romeo and Juliet. [1926] b. 1. Chalk-talk type cartoon of girls washing dishes, mother and father sitting in living room, father saying, ‘They’re helping the government and saving money’ - caption below table, ‘Washing dishes is easy now that the girls are saving up thrift stamps’ - ‘Animated by Ford.’ “Next week -- Hunting wild geese with a camera.” 2. Animated cartoon of farmer planting seed, walking away, vine growing, huge grasshopper devouring leaves, hopping away, pumpkin growing very large, becoming Jack-o-Lantern, teeth carved to spell ‘Ford.’ 3. Animated cartoon of farmer in barn, sacks of grain labeled ‘American Institutions’ - corn piled on other side of barn, farmer saying, ‘See! The fine results of our labor!’ - farmer listening, ‘Hark, I’ll fix that varmint!’ - rat labeled ‘Bolsheviki (I.W.W.)’ coming out of hole, eating cob of corn, farmer killing rat with shovel, throwing it out, saying, ‘Bolshevists are the rats of civilization!’ [1919]
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