Rare Org Dr. Seuss WW2 WWII Poster 1943 NewsMap THIS IS ANN SHE DRINKS BLOOD
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THIS IS Ann.. …she drinks blood! [verso:] NEWSMAP / MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1943. Washington, D.C., 1943.
Size 35" x 47".
Original news map.
Excellent condition as seen in photos. Folded as was issued/distributed.
Before he cooked up green eggs or taught us to count colorful fish, Dr. Seuss was a captain in the U.S. Army. And during World War II, the author and illustrator, whose given name was Theodor Geisel, spent a few years creating training films and pamphlets for ...the troops. In 1943, Germany blocked the Allies' supply of the anti-malaria drug quinine. So Geisel created a booklet explaining to the troops how to avoid harmful encounters with "blood-thirsty Ann, " the character he created to represent Anopheles, the genus of the mosquitoes that transmit the disease. Geisel also drew this map of the malaria epidemic around the world, which was printed on the back of a poster distributed by the U.S. War Department to disseminate news to troops.
Size 35" x 47".
Original news map.
Excellent condition as seen in photos. Folded as was issued/distributed.
Before he cooked up green eggs or taught us to count colorful fish, Dr. Seuss was a captain in the U.S. Army. And during World War II, the author and illustrator, whose given name was Theodor Geisel, spent a few years creating training films and pamphlets for ...the troops. In 1943, Germany blocked the Allies' supply of the anti-malaria drug quinine. So Geisel created a booklet explaining to the troops how to avoid harmful encounters with "blood-thirsty Ann, " the character he created to represent Anopheles, the genus of the mosquitoes that transmit the disease. Geisel also drew this map of the malaria epidemic around the world, which was printed on the back of a poster distributed by the U.S. War Department to disseminate news to troops.
