March on to health Get your test now (S) City of Chicago Municipal Tuburculosis Sanitar – Vintage Poster
(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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Step back in time with March on to health Get your test now (S) City of Chicago Municipal Tuburculosis Sanitar, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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March on to health Get your test now (S) City of Chicago Municipal Tuburculosis Sanitar
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March on to health" urges viewers to get tested, and its marching figures suggest a parade of schoolchildren and families moving together toward a clinic. In the 1930s, tuberculosis remained a serious threat in American cities, and municipal sanatoriums like the one named here ran screening and treatment programs for the public. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, commissioned posters like this one to carry public health messages to people who might not read a pamphlet. The silkscreen process allowed the designers to print bold, flat areas of color in quantity, which made the posters inexpensive to display in clinics, schools and storefronts.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Marching--1930-1940. Health care--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Children--Health & welfare--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Tuberculosis--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,693 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 338_March_on_to_health_Get_1936 |
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