Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consu – Vintage Poster
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consu. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consu
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A shark with a pilot fish at its side swims across this poster, and its title casts pneumonia as the predator and the common cold as the small companion that clears its path. Made under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, it belongs to a Depression-era body of public health art that used bold silkscreen color to reach people in clinics, schools and community halls. Its subject names health care in Hempstead, New York, and a date of December 1, 1937, stamped on the back suggests the print stayed in circulation well after its 1936 design date.
| 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). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Health care--New York (State)--Hempstead--1930-1940. Pneumonia--1930-1940. Sharks--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,712 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 652_Pneumonia_strikes_like_1936 |
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