Overview
- Brief Narrative
- “Let’s pull together” anti-Hitler pin manufactured by Evans Novelty Company in Chicago in the 1940s. The mechanical pin depicts Uncle Sam hanging Adolf Hitler with a sign encouraging the viewer to help by pulling a string. The company manufactured novelty items and other supplies for resale through independent distributers. The pins were sold on display cards that held 24 pins and the company recommended the distributers sell them individually for a price of 10 cents. After the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and Germany’s declaration of war 4 days later, a wave of American patriotism and anti-German sentiment swept through the country. Much of this was manifested through pieces of ephemera such as posters, buttons, pins, cards, toys and decals depicting Uncle Sam or Lady Liberty beating a caricature of Hitler. This sentiment continued in America until the end of the war.
- Date
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manufacture:
approximately 1942
- Geography
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manufacture:
Chicago (Ill.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, printed, blue ink : Let's Pull Together
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Badges
- Object Type
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Pin-back buttons (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Circular metal pin showing an Uncle Sam-like figure and a sign that reads "Let's Pull Together." The figure is hoisting a red rope over a tree branch whereupon the "rope" becomes real red string from which dangles a small, angry looking metal figure of Adolf Hitler. The string is tied around the figure's neck, and the figure dangles free from the rest of the pin.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, thread, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Anti-fascist movements. Anti-Nazi propaganda.
- Personal Name
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pin was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 08:04:07
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn563289
Also in Second World War ephemera collection
The collection consists of one anti-Hitler pin, one ledger from the Chief of Police of Vienna, Austria, and one mimeographed page from an immigrant ship, SS Marine Shark relating to the history of World War II.
Date: approximately 1939-1946
COHASCO collection
Document
Contains one ledger from the Chief of Police of Vienna, Austria, listing measures taken against anarchists. Inside the ledger are copies of reports and documents regarding the persecution of anarchists. The collection also includes one mimeographed page from an immigrant ship, the "SS Marine Shark," which carried survivors to Palestine in June 1946. The text is light purple. On one side of the page 29 song titles are listed, and on the other side a menorah and a Star of David are drawn along with the title, "Oneg Shabbath."