When you go home - carry on the armys fight against venereal diseases / McMennamin. – Historic 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 When you go home - carry on the armys fight against venereal diseases / McMennamin., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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When you go home - carry on the armys fight against venereal diseases / McMennamin.
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Rather than addressing the fighting men still overseas, this poster speaks to soldiers on their way back to civilian life, urging them to "carry on" the Army's campaign against venereal disease after discharge. Printed in 1919, after the armistice, it reflects the wartime concern that sexually transmitted infections had cut into the fighting strength of the American forces, and the War Department's health education effort did not end when the fighting did. The record credits the design to McMennamin and lists the War Department's Public Relations office as the issuing body. The lower right corner is missing, so some of the text is incomplete.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G31.J2. 1919. Lower right corner of poster missing with some loss to text. · United States. War Dept. Public relations. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Medical aspects--United States. Health education--United States--1910-1920. Sexually transmitted diseases--United States--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,166 × 1,481 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1086_When_you_go_home_carry_1919 |
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