Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Destroy this mad brute

Destroy this mad brute

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Original – Destroy this Mad Brute: Enlist (1917), a propaganda poster by Harry R. Hopps which shows a terrifying gorilla with a helmet labeled "militarism" holding a bloody club labeled "kultur" and a half-naked woman as he stomps onto the shore of America. Released as the Americans entered WWI, it is an interesting example of Anti-German sentiment in the US. (Also, was he King Kong's older brother?)

Reason: Ginormous (yes, that's a word; Chrome says so) American poster from WWI, depicting the Germans as a gorilla kidnapping a half-naked damsel in distress, wielding a bloody club labeled "kultur" and wearing a Pickelhaube labeled Militarism.
Articles in which this image appears: Anti-German sentiment, military art, +5
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I
Creator: Harry R. Hopps; restoration: Christoph Braun

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support great. Hafspajen (talk) 22:59, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mad(.(optional period)) Harry Ryle Hopps ran the United Glass Art Company in San Francisco. Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 23:53, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I've always liked this poster. Is the "US ARMY 660 MARKET STREET" 'stamp' part of the poster itself though? Ðiliff «» (Talk) 10:49, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Address of recruiting station in San Francisco now Alex Talon Hair Studio. "Ape shaving? No, I'm sorry, Mr Alex doesn't do that kind of thing." Xanthomelanoussprog (talk) 12:43, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Diliff: Looks like it. It's in the original TIF, and in this version. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:51, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Right, but I guess what I was wondering is whether it's fundamentally part of the poster design, or whether it was stamped on this particular copy of the poster. Hard to know if we don't have multiple sources of it... Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:19, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm guessing the ones (or just some?) in San Francisco. One of the other images we have has a different stamp. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:39, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support That this was used only adds to its impressive preservation. I don't mind a little bit of history on my images. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 10:08, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support- I just wish it had a bit more resolution...--Godot13 (talk) 09:10, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Very nice.Jobas (talk) 19:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Nice - SchroCat (talk) 09:56, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Harry R. Hopps, Destroy this mad brute Enlist - U.S. Army, 03216u edit.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:55, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]