"TEAR THIS MASK OFF The CONTROLLER'S OFFICE And GIVE The OFFICE BACK To The PEOPLE!" Bittner Means Business. Vote for Wm. E. Bitter. June 6th. Controller.
[William E. Bittner Election Campaign], [1950]. Die-cut campaign advertisement in the shape of a robber's mask, printing on both recto and verso. ~3" x 6-1/4". Stiff cardstock. Black recto with white lettering, white verso with black lettering. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Adhesive with opaque paper remnants to verso, only faintly obscuring the text near the mask's string holes. Else only minor wear, clean and crisp. VG. Item #42570
Feisty political flyer from William E. Bittner's campaign for the Controller's office in the 1950 California elections, implicitly accusing the incumbent, Thomas Kuchel, of figuratively robbing the people while in office. Kuchel beat Bittner for the Controller seat, and later was appointed to fill Richard Nixon's Senate seat when, in 1952, the latter was elected Vice President.
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