Stop the spread of syphilis Tell your physician from whom you got it (S) Treatment will – 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 the spread of syphilis Tell your physician from whom you got it (S) Treatment will
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This silkscreen poster asks people with syphilis to tell their physician where they contracted the infection and to seek treatment, a direct appeal meant to stop the disease from spreading from one person to the next. It was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists during the Depression to design public health and information posters. In the 1930s, syphilis was a serious public health problem in New York State, and before penicillin became standard in the 1940s, treatment relied on arsenic-based drugs given over long courses. The plain wording reflects a period when health campaigns spoke openly about sexually transmitted disease.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 228 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Syphilis--New York (State)--1930-1940. Health care--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 995 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 650_Stop_the_spread_of_syph_1936 |
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