The Case:
Going through her brother’s belongings in El Paso, TX, a History Detectives fan came across a leaflet with Japanese writing and startling war images.
A note taped to the box says, “This box contains an original propaganda leaflet dropped on Japan. I know the woman who did most of the artwork and printing for the U.S. propaganda leaflets.”
The pictures are provocative: a clenched fist with people struggling inside its grasp, a soldier wielding a dagger against a civilian, planes flying over billows of smoke.
Who was the artist? Did the US Military use this leaflet during World War II?
More Information
Seattle Museum of Flight
9404 East Marginal Way S
Seattle, WA 98108-4097
Phone: 206.764.5720
http://www.museumofflight.org/
The Blakemore Foundation
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101-3266
(206) 359-8778 phone
(206) 359-9778 fax
blakemorefoundation@gmail.com
http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/
Francis Blakemore's Leaflets
View more leaflets created by the artist Frances Blakemore.
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