Your home is not complete without a sanitary unit recommended by the State Department – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Its title makes a blunt claim: a home is not complete without a sanitary privy. Printed in silkscreen in 1936 under the Federal Art Project, the poster belongs to a wider effort by public health officials to replace unsafe outdoor toilets, particularly in rural Illinois, where indoor plumbing was still uncommon. Federal art programs of the 1930s often turned practical public messages into bold graphic images meant to be taken in at a glance. The poster's pairing of outhouses and sanitation reflects how seriously health authorities linked waste disposal to disease in that period.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Outhouses--Illinois--1930-1950. Sanitation--Illinois--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 994 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 776_Your_home_is_not_comple_1936 |
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