Their health depends on you Destroy syphilis / C.Y. Bienvenu. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Their health depends on you Destroy syphilis / C.Y. Bienvenu. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Children at play anchor this silkscreen poster, whose slogan, "Their health depends on you," turns a public health warning into an appeal to adults. Designed by C.Y. Bienvenu in 1941 under the Federal Art Project, it belongs to the WPA's early 1940s campaigns against syphilis, a disease health officials feared could pass through families and communities. Its Louisiana subject places the message in a state where public health departments pursued venereal disease control in those years. A January 21, 1943, date stamp on the front suggests the sheet stayed in use well after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Children--Health & welfare--Louisiana--1940-1950. Syphilis--Louisiana--1940-1950. Children playing--Louisiana--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,792 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 329_Their_health_depends_on_1941 |
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