Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted Consult a reputable physician. – Antique Print
![Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted Consult a reputable physician., NYC : Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8e/8e56dc8c92dc-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted Consult a reputable physician. in remarkable 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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Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted Consult a reputable physician.
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Rather than showing a place or a person, this silkscreen poster rests on its headline warning that 70 percent of patients could be doomed if syphilis treatment is delayed three years. It was made by the New York City unit of the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which hired artists during the Depression to produce public-information posters. Silkscreen suited the work because it delivered flat, bold color in quantity for street display. The December 1, 1937 date stamped on the back places it amid the decade's public campaigns against venereal disease, years before penicillin became the standard cure.
| Created / published | NYC : Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| 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 |
| Subjects | Syphilis--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Health care--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,220 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173306 |
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