Find syphilis Help employees get blood tests. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Find syphilis Help employees get blood tests. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A silkscreen poster urging workers to "Find syphilis" and get blood tests, produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal agency that employed artists during the Depression. The subjects listed in its record point to Chicago in the 1930s, when public health campaigns against venereal disease were widely promoted and blood testing was a key screening tool. The record's note that the sheet was date-stamped on the back in March 1941 suggests it was still in circulation or on file years after its nominal 1936 date. Posters like this one were meant to be read quickly on factory floors and in public spaces, so its blunt wording and plain layout are part of the design.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Health care--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Syphilis--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Blood testing--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,798 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 254_Find_syphilis_Help_empl_1936 |
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