Catalogue Number
Temp.2024.11.20
Object Name
Postcard
Title
It was an ob...obscene period in our nation's history...not our nation's er...but...in World War Two, I mean we, we all...live in this century, I did I don't live in this century but in, in this century's history." SENATOR DAN QUAYLE 1988
Place
USA
People
Quayle, Dan
Events
Holocaust
Date
1988
Description
Postcard with text of a quote stylised to look like the USA flag. The quote reads "It was an ob...obscene period in our nation's history...not our nation's er...but...in World War Two, I mean we, we all...live in this century, I did I don't live in this century but in, in this century's history." SENATOR DAN QUAYLE 1988.", in which Quayle seemed to blame the US for the Holocaust. He became Vice President under President George Bush, and was known for confused or self-contradictory quotes and mishaps.
On the back there is a Leeds Postcards logo. Leeds Postcards was founded in 1979, with the intention of using postcards âas a political tool and agent for changeâ. They quickly became well-known, producing some iconic work with activist groups such as the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW) and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) branches across the country, and artists including Peter Kennard and Steve Bell. They are still publishing postcards today. Throughout the 1980s, Leeds Postcards published a number of cards satirising the threat of nuclear war, and celebrating the movement against the bomb.
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