Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 silkscreen poster from the New York City Housing Authority argues that bad housing kills children, with its title, "Better housing the solution to infant mortality in the slums," stating the case directly. The Federal Art Project printed it between 1936 and 1938, when the Authority was building its first public housing and the city was promoting slum clearance under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Commissioner Langdon Post. Posters like this one were part of a broader effort to persuade New Yorkers that public housing was a public health measure as well as a question of living conditions.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Commissioner. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatley Press c1987 no. 314 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Infants--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Death--1930-1940. City planning--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 357_Better_housing_The_solu_1936 |
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