[F.D.R. hits capitalist with a mallet] – Antique Print
![[F.D.R. hits capitalist with a mallet], [1933] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fd/fdf5951dd32e-L.webp)
(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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[F.D.R. hits capitalist with a mallet] comes to life in this historic drawing, 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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[F.D.R. hits capitalist with a mallet]
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Here Franklin D. Roosevelt swings a mallet at a figure representing capitalism, the first of two linked sections of a drawing built like a Rube Goldberg contraption, a machine of absurdly elaborate steps. It was published under the caption "Our own device to balance the budget," which gives the joke its point. Its 1933 appearance, in Roosevelt's first year in office, reflects the intense debate over how far the new administration should go in spending, taxing, and regulating business during the Depression.
| Created / published | [1933] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | CapitalismViolence |
| Notes | Title devised by cataloger. First of two sections of Rube Goldberg type drawing; cf. CD 1 - Covarrubius, no. 9 (A size). (DLC/PP-1976:R2.4) Published in: Our own device to balance the budget |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,082 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157801 |
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