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Careless Matches Aid the Axis

Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 12:10pm.
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Careless Matches Aid the Axis

Circa 1942 silkscreen poster by Louis Hirshman encouraging safe disposal of matches, showing stylized Japanese soldier standing behind a tree with a match, with the rising sun in the background. Federal Art Project / WPA War Services Project. View full size.

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Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 1:16am.

Gruesome racist stereotype but man this design sure has impact, it screams and knocks me out!

[It's a caricature, not a "stereotype." - Dave]

 

Careless Matches

Submitted by emor on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 3:27am.

Boy, do i love the nauseating racial depictions of world war two.

 

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