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Rotten er en Landeplage

(Rats are a Plague on the Land.)
Statens Annonce & Reklamebureau, Denmark, 1946.
Color lithograph; 54 x 86 cm.
Artist: Aage Rasmussen (1913–1975).

A rat crawls over a map of Denmark. The caption reads “Anmeld straks Rottebesøg paa kommunekontoret-og Bekæmp selv med alle midler” (“Immediately tell the city authorities if you have rats in your house, and use all possible means to exterminate them”).


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