Seems like Trump should just re-up this 1949 billboard, no changes. Plus most of his supporters probably remember the original.
1940s
Where do your tastes fall on this 1949 chart from Life magazine? Beer may be low-brow but of course it is awesome. Bourbon and ginger ale? Why waste the bourbon.
We need more of these parking contraptions.
If you've never seen this cartoon by Chuck Jones from Looney Tunes and produced by the United Auto Workers in support of FDR's 1944 re-election, do yourself a favor and check it out. This is quality political art. I want to ride that FDR bullet...
On September 22, 1946, the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural & Allied Workers of America (FTA) reached a contract agreement with the Piedmont Tobacco Company, marking an early victory in the CIO's.
On August 4, 1942, the United States and Mexico made an agreement to deliver contract Mexican labor to American farmers in order to serve as cheap replacement labor during World.
On this date in 1947, President Harry S. Truman vetoed the odious Taft-Hartley Act, the most vile piece of labor legislation in American history. Sponsored by Robert Taft (R-OH) and Fred Hartley (R-NJ), the Taft-Hartley Bill was a direct response to the explosion in strikes...
On June 6, 1943, nearly 30 leaders of the Packard Hate Strike in a United Auto Workers-organized plant in Detroit were suspended from their jobs. The culmination of a series.
In 1941, Pittsburgh passed a smoke control ordinance. Retronaut has a good collection of photographs suggesting why it was needed. Of course, this is also the Republican vision for our.