That goes double--The slick yank (in Melbourn): Take your sweet time at the front, Aussie ... – Vintage Print
![That goes double--The slick yank (in Melbourn): Take your sweet time at the front, Aussie ..., [1943 or 1944] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/70/70771436a247-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: That goes double--The slick yank (in Melbourn): Take your sweet time at the front, Aussie ..., preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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That goes double--The slick yank (in Melbourn): Take your sweet time at the front, Aussie ...
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Few wartime pictures show the rivalry between Allied troops as bluntly as this one. Its caption, set in Melbourne, has a brash American soldier telling an Australian to take his time at the front because he has his hands full with a sweetheart back home. This color reproduction of a Japanese propaganda sheet was designed to exploit the friction that grew when large numbers of American servicemen arrived in Australia during the Pacific war. Its messages about infidelity and sexual misconduct were meant to turn allies against one another and unsettle the families of men serving overseas.
| Created / published | [1943 or 1944] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Drawings Reproductions 1940-1950.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Caption continues: I got my hands full right now with your sweet tootsie at home. Color reproduction of Japanese propaganda sheet. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Communications. Propaganda--Japanese--1940-1950. Rape--Australia--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,079 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172969 |
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