Stop cancer now Delay reduces the chance for recovery. – Vintage Poster
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Stop cancer now" is the blunt message on this 1936 poster, which warns that "delay reduces the chance for recovery." It was produced under the WPA's poster program for the U.S. Public Health Service, working with the American Society for the Control of Cancer, and the Federal theater Project in New York is listed as a sponsor. Silkscreen let the WPA print bold, flat color in large runs, so public health messages could reach clinics, post offices, and public buildings cheaply. The campaign reflects a 1930s push to get Americans to seek early diagnosis, when cancer was often discovered too late for effective treatment.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. Public Health Service in cooperation with the American Society for Control of Cancer. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 209 · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States. Public Health Service--Public relations--1930-1940. Cancer--1930-1940. Health care--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 300_Stop_cancer_now_Delay_r_1936 |
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