Just a scratch But! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid on-the-job! – 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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Just a scratch But! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid on-the-job! comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Just a scratch But! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid on-the-job!
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Most WPA safety posters of the 1930s leaned on dire warnings, but this one takes a gentler tack: it tells workers that a minor cut still deserves prompt attention, because the real danger is infection. The 1936 silkscreen was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, whose poster program employed artists during the Depression and turned out public health and safety messages for federal agencies and local partners. The subject tags on the Library of Congress record point to Illinois and to working people of the period, when many factory and industrial jobs carried little in the way of on-site medical care. The design, credited to John Mathews with a question mark in the record, is a useful window into how New Deal art tried to reach ordinary laborers with plain, practical advice.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Poster design by John Mathews(?). Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 212 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Safety--1930-1950. Health care--Illinois--1930-1950. Working class--Illinois--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,043 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 640_Just_a_scratch_But_Infe_1936 |
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