The Snapshots in Time Collection

WWII 'Tokio Kid' Homefront Propaganda Posters (Douglas Aircraft Company Material Conservation Series)

WWII 'Tokio Kid' Homefront Propaganda Posters (Douglas Aircraft Company Material Conservation Series)

Four original 'Tokio Kid' propaganda posters, produced for aircraft factory workers during World War II to discourage material waste on production lines. Created by Douglas Aircraft Company and used widely across the defense industry, the caricatured 'Tokio Kid' figure exemplifies the racially charged visual propaganda common to American wartime messaging, intended to link careless work habits to aid for the enemy. Project: 218644