Dont wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the – 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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Step back in time with Dont wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Its headline makes a blunt claim: 70 percent of people will be doomed if syphilis treatment is delayed for three years. The silkscreen was sponsored by the New York City Department of Correction and produced under the Work Projects Administration's poster program, part of the federal relief effort of the Depression years. Syphilis was widespread and often went untreated before penicillin became the standard cure in the 1940s, and posters like this used stark wording and bold color to push people toward clinics, where stigma and cost often kept them away.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. G32. 1937. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 219 · New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Correction sponsor. |
| Subjects | Syphilis--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Health care--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,270 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 653_Dont_wait_70_are_doome_1936 |
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