Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.
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Here the poster's message is blunt: it asks Illinois residents to support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced many health posters during the Depression, using silkscreen to make inexpensive runs for display in clinics, schools and public buildings. Syphilis was a serious public health concern in the 1930s, and campaigns like this one tried to encourage testing and treatment at a time when the disease carried heavy stigma. A March 1940 date stamp on the back suggests the poster stayed in use for several years after it was first printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 205 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Syphilis--Illinois--1930-1940. Health care--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 986 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 638_Stop_syphilis_Support_l_1936 |
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