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Source Description
"Pastel by W. Cotton".
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Document identity
localId
fn107c22c
label
Carriers of the new black plague
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
fn107c22c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Carriers of the new black plague
description
"Pastel by W. Cotton".
date
["1938"]
year
1938
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016858
creators
Cotton, William H. (William Henry), 1880-
Smart, David A., 1892-1952
Gingrich, Arnold
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World politics--20th century--Maps
Anti-fascist movements
World War, 1939-1945--Causes
World maps
subjectsGeographic
World
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Chicago]
publisher
Ken Magazine
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : color ; 35 x 54 cm
notes
"Pastel by W. Cotton".
From the first issue of Ken Magazine issued on April 7,1938 by David A. Smart and editor Arnold Gingrich who founded Esquire magazine.
Grouped together on the map are the rising dictators leading up to World War II which includes Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco of Spain and Stalin who is pictured separately on the map on the Soviet Union.
Black, gray and orange colors on map key designate the following categories: dictatorial control, varying degrees of control and relative freedom.
Verso: "April showers bring May flowers", print of a painting by German artist George Grosz showing a horrific war scene and the aftermath of the battles in a cemetery of war dead with flowers and wreaths adorning the gravesites. Included is a caricature of Hermann Göring titled "Goering the gaudy cockerel" by cartoonist Sam Berman.
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no
dcId
fn107c22c
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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