eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2d146 YOUR ENEMY THE JAP linen 18x24 WWII war poster 1944 Hotchkiss cartoon art, racist propaganda Date Sold 11/19/2017Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked World War II Poster (measures 18 1/4" x 23 1/2" [46 x 60 cm]) (Learn More) Your Enemy The Jap, the 1944 U.S. World War II (WWII) Home Front poster ("Despite our air victories, the Japs are producing planes faster than we can destroy them. The quality of their planes is improving!"; "Japan still has a powerful fleet - 10 to 13 big battleships, 10 or more large aircraft carriers, many small carriers, hundreds of other warships."; "The Jap is a fanatical fighter. His motto is 'Win or die'. There are 4,000,000 of him under arms, with 2,000,000 more ready if needed. We have not yet met the main body of this huge tough army!"; "Before the war, the average Jap ate a pound of rice a day. Today his ration gives him only 11 1/2 ounces. Nevertheless Jap workers are producing more than ever before. Japan's war production strength is out of all proportion to her industrial strength!"; "5 million Jap workers are totally mobilized for war. Men, women and children work from 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition to these, Japan controls 400,000,000 enslaved people.") used to encourage workers in the U.S. to increase their productivity, and featuring Hotchkiss art of a Japanese soldier, workers, airplanes and ships, with all of the above commentary written out around the pictures, making the poster look like a "Ripley's Believe It or Not" cartoon! Note that when the United States was deep into World War II, racist epithets and slurs were used against the Japanese, and they were prominently put on posters of that time like this one, and we certainly hope never to see that again! Artist: Hotchkiss Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster was folded once in each direction and it had some tears and paper loss along both folds. It also had pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. A really wonderful restorer carefully recreated the missing areas and the poster displays really well, and I doubt virtually any people would realize that it had had the restoration it has had. But please bear the restoration in mind before bidding on this poster. Learn More about condition grades
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