Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums / Benj. Sheer. – Antique Poster Print
(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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Step back in time with Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums / Benj. Sheer., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums / Benj. Sheer.
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Benjamin Sheer's silkscreen poster makes a blunt argument: bad housing kills babies. Created under the Work Projects Administration and credited to the New York City Housing Authority under Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, it turns a public-health problem in the city's slums into a case for government-built homes. The authority was new in 1936, and its first public housing projects were only beginning to open that year. A December 18, 1936 date stamp on the back places the print at the close of that year.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Dec 18 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Comm. · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. Infants--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Death--1930-1940. Slums--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. City planning--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,777 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 356_Better_housing_The_solu_1936 |
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