Former Chicago mayor Big Bill Thompson celebrates his 1931 Republican primary victory

Thompson celebrates his victory in the 1931 Republican primary; he lost the general election to Democrat Anton Cermak. In this newsreel Thompson and his supporters mock Cermak in song: “Tony, Tony, where’s your pushcart at? Can you picture a World’s Fair mayor with a name like that.” For more on the America First movement that cropped up in Chicago in the 1920s, go to . (Video courtesy of the Moving Research Research Collections, University of South Carolina)