Diphtheria strikes unprotected children Protect your child with toxoid--Toxoid preven – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 Diphtheria strikes unprotected children Protect your child with toxoid--Toxoid preven, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Diphtheria strikes unprotected children Protect your child with toxoid--Toxoid preven
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A silkscreen poster from 1936 sets its message in stark terms: diphtheria, a bacterial illness that could kill children quickly, and a plain instruction to protect them with toxoid, the vaccine then used against it. The poster was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, and it was commissioned by the Chicago Department of Health to promote its public-relations push for immunization. Diphtheria toxoid had been in use since the 1920s, and campaigns like this one were central to bringing childhood death rates down during the Depression years.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Health--Public relations--1930-1950. Health care--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Children--Health & welfare--1930-1950. Communicable diseases--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,853 × 4,096 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 321_Diphtheria_strikes_unpr_1936 |
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