Name/Title
Anti-Japanese propaganda pamphlet, 1942Entry/Object ID
2021.34.52Description
Acc. No. 21.34.52
Subject Category: World War II
Date or Period: 1942
Objects: pamphlet, music
Description: 2-page folding flyer, printed in black type on off-white paper, featuring a caricature drawing of a soldier and music staff lines with lyrics.
Title ‘The Cocky Jap, old English Tune, Words by C.H. White’, copyright 1942.
Size: L 8 1/2" x W 6 1/2"
History of Object: An anti-Japanese propaganda flyer, printed after the bombing by Japanese forces of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the entry of the USA into WWII.
Although provenance of this as an Alameda object is sketchy - the curator stated it was part of an unlogged anonymous donation of miscellaneous papers to the museum - it is a unique document which exemplifies the propaganda which resulted in the removal of citizens of Japanese descent from Alameda to camps in Colorado and elsewhere.
Acquired from: unknown
Catalog date: 11/29/2021
