Balanced diet for the expectant mother Inquire at the Health Bureau. – 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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Here the message is aimed squarely at the pregnant woman, with a balanced diet framed around her daily meals rather than around the household at large. Posters like this belong to a long tradition of public health education, in which governments, hospitals and charities used bright, simple graphics to teach nutrition, often reaching women through clinics and maternity care. Its emphasis on variety, with fruits and vegetables set alongside grains, dairy and protein, reflects the food-group thinking that shaped nutrition advice through much of the twentieth century. The arrangement of the produce is worth a close look, since layout often shows what advisers most wanted women to remember.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Prenatal care--New York (State)--1930-1940. Women--Health & welfare--New York (State)--1930-1940. Fruit--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,768 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 620_Balanced_diet_for_the_e_1936 |
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