Postcard, December 7, 1941

Postcard showing the Emperor Hirohito as being very evil.

Postcard showing the Emperor Hirohito as being very evil.

Name/Title

Postcard, December 7, 1941

Description

Postcard showing the Japanese Emperor Hirohito as being very evil. The date "December 7, 1941" is written on the bottom of the card, this is the date of Pearl Harbor. A man with boots and a red, white, and blue shield on his jacket is calming sitting. Emperor Hirohito with a knife in one hand and a laurel wreath in the other is getting ready to stab him. In the background Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini are having a conversation. On the back it indicates that Arthur Szyk designed the card for Esquire Man's Magazine. The card is copyrighted 1942.

Acquisition

Accession

2009.0401

Source or Donor

Waupun Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Bequest,Collected by