Propaganda, Japan, World War II, Racism, Stereotype
Description
Alaska - death-trap for the Jap / Grigware. Propaganda Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a rat wearing a rising sun fez, representing Japan, approaching a mousetrap labeled "Army / Civilian / Navy", on a background map of the then-Alaska Territory. The poster's graphics and its caption reading "Death-Trap For The Jap" are aimed at Japan's then-occupation of Alaskan islands in the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
WPA Art Project, “Alaska is the death-trap for the Jap,” UNO Digital Humanities Projects, accessed April 18, 2024, https://unodigitalhumanitiesprojects.omeka.net/items/show/89.