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Alaska - Death-trap For The Jap / Grigware.

Alaska - Death-trap For The Jap / Grigware.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-12-2009

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• japan
• navy
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• alaska
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TITLE:  Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware. CALL NUMBER:  POS - WPA - WASH .G76, no. 1 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC2-985 (color film copy slide) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army Navy Civilian," on a background map of the state of Alaska. MEDIUM:  1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  Washington : WPA Art Project, [between 1941 and 1943] CREATOR: Grigware, Edward T., 1889- artist. RELATED NAMES: Federal Art Project, sponsor. 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 SUBJECTS: World War, 1939-1945. Propaganda--United States--1940-1950. Rats--1940-1950. FORMAT: War posters 1940-1950.Screen prints Color 1940-1950. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy slide) cph 3b48885 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48885 VIDEO FRAME ID:  LCPP003B-48885 (from color film copy slide) CONTROL #:  98510121