Title

Public Health Poster for Malaria

Caption

Man-Made Malaria. 6 mosquitoes in 10 breed in water in unnecessary ruts, abandoned roads, blocked ditches, fox and shell holes. U.S. Navy, Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, U.S. Government Printing Office, United States, 1945 War-time U.S. military health campaigns often conflated the Japanese enemy with disease-carrying flies and mosquitoes. Here, an anopheles mosquito is given the stereotypical features of the Japanese enemy and has the rising sun of the Japanese imperial flag

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP18A29_298

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 13,8in x 16,9in / 4134 x 5073 (300dpi)

Keywords

Colour Poster Racist Japanese American Man-Made Malaria Disease mosquitoes water ruts ditches fox Hole shell hole U.S. Navy Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery U.S. Government Printing Office United States War-time World War Two Second World War WWII World War II U.S. military health campaign Health Campaign Health anopheles mosquito Japanese imperial flag Flag Japan 20th Century