No creature in this world so ignorantly nurtured as the average baby Advice at your h – 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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A window into the past: No creature in this world so ignorantly nurtured as the average baby Advice at your h, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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No creature in this world so ignorantly nurtured as the average baby Advice at your h
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The headline is blunt: no creature in the world is so ignorantly nurtured as the average baby, and the text promises that advice is close at hand. Produced in 1936 under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, it addresses New York health concerns of the Depression years, when reliable child-care information and doctor visits were often out of reach for families. The silkscreen process, which the program used for inexpensive, bold, multicolor posters, lets flat blocks of color carry a public health message to people passing on streets and in clinics.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Dec 23 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Health care--New York (State)--1930-1940. Children--Health & welfare--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,730 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 341_No_creature_in_this_wor_1936 |
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