They Cheer When You Forget Your Maps


Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: They Cheer When You Forget Your Maps

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Date/Date Range Published: 1943

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Dimensions: 43 x 56 cm

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Brief Description: One of a series of posters aimed at reinforcing American pilot safety in World War II. An American World War II poster depicts a pilot who landed in the antarctic dressed for desert patrol looking at a penguin with Hitler, Tojo, and Mussolini looking on the event.

Historical Context: World War II era. Caricatures of Italy's Mussolini, Germany's Hitler and Japan's Tojo cheering an American pilot who forgot his map and instead landed in the Arctic.

LC Call Number: D743.2 943 U5

OCLC: 1131684113

Accession Number: OML-1943-147

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