While propaganda art goes back a very long time, an influx of propaganda can be traced back to World War 1. With the cultural climate changing everywhere in the world, many beliefs, ideas, and opinions were circulating. Thus propaganda was born. There was still early propaganda. While propaganda has a political use, it is considered art.
This piece of propaganda was created in 1919 in the United States. During this time there was an influx of immigration coming into the USA for more opportunities. The above piece in specific protests the large amount of European immigrants coming into the country at the time. Here Uncle Sam, a very popular figure for depicting America, is manning a funnel. He is shown filtering out the masses to only allow an allotted amount into the USA, shown in the bottom right of the image. During the time the USA had put quotas into place for immigration. There was much propaganda made during this time surrounding this purpose.
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