Prostitution spreads syphilis and gonorrhea / Karsakov. – Historic Print
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(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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Prostitution spreads syphilis and gonorrhea / Karsakov. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Prostitution spreads syphilis and gonorrhea / Karsakov.
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This color poster, titled *Prostitution Spreads Syphilis and Gonorrhea* and signed by the artist Karsakov, is a blunt piece of wartime health messaging. Its catalog record dates it to 1941 or 1942, when the United States was mobilizing for war and military and defense officials worried that venereal disease would sideline recruits and war workers. Government campaigns of the period often placed the blame on prostitution and used stark, cautionary imagery to press the point. The poster is a useful record of how public health was communicated to a broad audience before antibiotics made these infections far easier to treat.
| Created / published | [1941 or 1942] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G31. 194- |
| Subjects | Prostitution--United States--1940-1950. Health education--United States--1940-1950. Syphilis--1940-1950. Gonorrhea--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,473 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218180 |
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