Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware. – Antique Poster Print
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware.
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Alaska's position as a northern outpost is the particular theme here. The title casts the territory as a death trap for Japan, and the rat imagery, a common wartime shorthand for the enemy, makes the message blunt. The poster dates to 1941, before the attack on Pearl Harbor, when the United States was still at peace but expanding its military presence in the Pacific and the Aleutians. Federal Art Project silkscreen posters from this period were often made as defense and public information pieces, and this one reflects the direct, propaganda-driven style common to the WPA collection.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from item. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 262 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945. Propaganda--United States--1940-1950. Rats--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,204 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 897_Alaska_deathtrap_for_t_1941 |
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