Be clean in everything that concerns your baby – Antique Poster Print
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Be clean in everything that concerns your baby, 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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A swan, an unexpected emblem for a baby-care message, sets this silkscreen poster apart from typical health notices of its day. Its title, "Be clean in everything that concerns your baby," pairs that white bird with a plea for hygiene in infant care, and the image's bright color would have made it stand out on a wall or in a clinic. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, which ran from 1935 to 1943, employed artists to make posters like this for public agencies, and its district units produced many health and safety campaigns. A date stamp on the back, July 18, 1939, shows when this copy circulated.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 298 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Hygiene--New York (State)--1930-1940. Children--Health & welfare--New York (State)--1930-1940. Swans--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 990 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 340_Be_clean_in_everything_1936 |
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