Fight cancer - delay is dangerous Consult your doctor or health bureau. – 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 window into the past: Fight cancer - delay is dangerous Consult your doctor or health bureau., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A dagger motif sets this poster apart from other health notices of its time, and it reinforces the blunt message that "delay is dangerous" in fighting cancer. It urges viewers to consult a doctor or the local health bureau. The Federal theater Project, one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration, produced it. That program employed theater artists and workers during the Depression and put their skills to public information work. Silkscreen printing, used here in color, let federal poster units make inexpensive runs for wide public display. A November 1938 date stamp on the back shows the poster stayed in circulation after its 1936 design.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Health care--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Cancer--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Daggers & swords--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,692 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 301_Fight_cancer_delay_is_1936 |
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