Report dog bites – Historic Print
![Report dog bites, Ohio : WPA Art Program, [19]41. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/52/524b7e99f429-L.webp)
(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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Report dog bites comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few posters from the WPA era address a household concern as directly as this one, which urges people to report every dog bite to health authorities. Made by the Ohio WPA Art Program in 1941 as a color silkscreen, it reflects public health campaigns of the period, when rabies was a real danger and a biting animal needed to be observed or tested. The Works Projects Administration employed artists to produce many such posters for government agencies, and screen printing allowed inexpensive, bold images to be posted in clinics, schools and town halls. A March 1941 date stamped on the back suggests the poster was circulated soon after it was printed.
| Created / published | Ohio : WPA Art Program, [19]41. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1940-1950.Screen prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 13 1941. Food and Drug Administration. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 232 |
| Subjects | Health--1940-1950. Safety--1940-1950. Dogs--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,042 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173389 |
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