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This is Ann [graphic] : she drinks blood! / prepared and distributed by Army Orientation Course, Special Service Division Army Service Forces, War Dept

Catalog Data

Author:
Leaf, Munro 1905-1976  Search this
United States War Department Special Services Division  Search this
United States Government Printing Office  Search this
Army Orientation Course  Search this
Ill:
Seuss Dr.  Search this
Inscriber:
Seuss Dr. DSI  Search this
Subject:
United States Army Medical Corps  Search this
Physical description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : col. ; 45 x 60 cm
Type:
Graphics
Posters
Caricatures and cartoons
Date:
1943
Notes:
Caption title.
Issued in Newsmap, Overseas edition, Monday, Nov. 8, 1943 (week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 4), v. 2, no. 29.
Publisher information at bottom of poster.
Secondary caption: Her full name is Anopheles mosquito and she's dying to meet you.
"Unattributed illustrations by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss). Text by Munro Leaf" --UCSD Libraries online catalog record for the booklet version of this publication.
"Her trade is dishing out malaria! She's at home in Africa, the Caribbean, India, the south and southwest Pacific, and other hot spots ...."
The verso of the poster features maps of various theaters of the war in November, 1943, including the Crimea, etc.
Summary:
Predominantly white poster with red and black lettering. Title at top of poster, along with two cartoon-style illustrations of mosquitoes. One of the mosquitoes holds a goblet filled with blood; the other peers through a keyhole. There are three short columns of text immediately below the title, followed by seven columns of text interspersed with red and black cartoon images of mosquitoes, G.I.'s, mosquito netting and repellent, and a horse wearing a horse-collar.
Topic:
Malaria  Search this
Anopheles  Search this
Mosquitoes as carriers of disease  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Health aspects  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Call number:
RA644.M2 A76 1943
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_955624