Face the facts and help to control syphilis Reported cases 100000 under 19 yrs. of ag – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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: Face the facts and help to control syphilis Reported cases 100000 under 19 yrs. of ag, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Face the facts and help to control syphilis Reported cases 100000 under 19 yrs. of ag
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The poster's headline puts a hard number up front: reported syphilis cases among people under 19 are given as 100,000. Printed in silkscreen in 1936 for the New York State health effort, it belongs to the Work Projects Administration's poster program, which used federal relief artists to produce public health and civic messages during the Depression. Venereal disease was a frank and often avoided subject in that period, so a blunt "face the facts" appeal aimed at young people was a deliberate break from the usual reticence. The sponsorship by a New York city department also shows how local agencies used these posters to reach the public.
| 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). · New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Correction sponsor. |
| Subjects | Health care--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Syphilis--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,807 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 656_Face_the_facts_and_help_1936 |
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