Lot 006 - Vintage Silk Screened Patriotic Political Banner Celebrating 164 Years Of Independence, "God Bless America With The Townsend Plan," Depression-Era Pension Plan, 1940, 38-3/4" x 55"

Lot 006 - Vintage Silk Screened Patriotic Political Banner Celebrating 164 Years Of Independence, "God Bless America With The Townsend Plan," Depression-Era Pension Plan, 1940, 38-3/4" x 55"Pre Auction Notes: Large silk screened banner dated 1940, commemorating 164 years of American independence. Reads God Bless America with the Townsend Plan We Are Proud to Be Americans, with patriotic shield and laurel imagery, and finished with gold fringe along the bottom edge. Produced as a promotional piece for the Townsend Plan, a popular Depression era grassroots movement advocating old age pensions in the years before Social Security expansion.

Item dimensions are of Gillette advertising box

Here is a lovely 16th plate (1

This book is in good antique condition and shows many signs of wear and use consistent with its age and handling

It features the original framed wooden back with brass stays

the compass

Dimensions: 6" x 4"

Pre-Auction Notes: Box has heavy wear

Here is a lovely framed lithograph print published by famed illustrators Currier and Ives from their shop at 152 Nassau Street in New York

with the number 925

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manufactured by Franco out of New York

The pieces are all in good condition with nice patina throughout