Syphilis is a dangerous disease but it can be cured – 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 Syphilis is a dangerous disease but it can be cured in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Syphilis is a dangerous disease but it can be cured
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Printed in silkscreen in 1936 under the Federal Art Project, this poster states its message plainly: syphilis is dangerous, but it can be cured. It reflects New York State's public health campaigns of the Depression era, when venereal disease carried heavy stigma and public clinics offered testing and treatment. Before penicillin became the standard cure in the 1940s, treatment was long and uncertain, so a message of curability was itself a public health argument. A date stamp of May 14, 1941, on the back shows the poster was still in circulation years after it was made.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 300 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Syphilis--New York (State)--1930-1950. Health care--New York (State)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 978 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 651_Syphilis_is_a_dangerous_1936 |
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