The isolationist: am I my brother's keeper?" American will never accept the curse of Cain" – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The isolationist: am I my brother's keeper?" American will never accept the curse of Cain" comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The isolationist: am I my brother's keeper?" American will never accept the curse of Cain"
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Its headline question, "Am I my brother's keeper?", comes from Genesis, where Cain asks it after killing Abel, and the poster turns that line into an argument about the United States and the rest of the world. The National Council for the Prevention of War, a Washington-based pacifist group, issued it in 1924, when many Americans still resisted involvement in European affairs after the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the country stayed out of the League of Nations. Its phrase "the curse of Cain" presents neutrality as a moral failing, which makes the piece a useful window into how isolationism was argued in the 1920s.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : National Council for Prevention of War, Washington, D.C., 1924. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 76 x 55 cm. |
| Subjects | Promotional goal: U.S. J1. 1924. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Title. II. Title: Curse of Cain. Neutrality; U.S. Hist.--1924; Posters; Bible--O.T.--Genesis. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,087 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176249 |
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