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  • The ship carrying the plague arrives in another country. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Scientists investigating the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A town in Manchuria just before the arrival of the plague and the Japanese invasion of 1931. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats roaming the sewers, some of them dying, heralding the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • An American soldier lying wounded; analogous to the sufferings of a plague victim. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Scientists experimenting with rats to investigate the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A victim of the plague in Paris. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • American soldiers warlike in an Eastern land; analogous to the invasion of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • The word "plague" hovers above a victim's face. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A farmer fallen victim to the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat on board a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A steam train transporting its passengers and plague through countryside and towns. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • All forms of transport play their part in the transmission of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Adolf Hitler. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Entrance to the sewers of a European city, a breeding ground for rats and plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats at a port. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats fighting; the plague spreading. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A stow-away rat on a cart, carrying the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats stowing away in large boxes, carrying the plague to new places. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats living in the sewers. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • The plague spreads to America. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats overunning a dilapidated house, spreading the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • New York seen through the porthole of an arriving ship, bringing the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A street scene in a European city, prior to the arrival of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • An American soldier prepared for battle in a desolate landscape; analogous to the fight against plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A dead plague-infected rat. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A man dying from the plague in Manchuria. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.