Unfair to babies A helpless infant cant go on strike (S) It depends on your care. – 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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A window into the past: Unfair to babies A helpless infant cant go on strike (S) It depends on your care., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The slogan on this poster turns the language of labor disputes toward infant care: a helpless baby cannot go on strike, so its health depends on the adults around it. Strikes were a common part of the news in the 1930s, which gave the wordplay a pointed edge for a public audience. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project employed artists across the country to make posters on public health and civic themes, and this one was produced in Rochester, New York, with a silkscreen process that allowed for bold flat color. A date stamp on the back, November 8, 1938, suggests when it circulated.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 297 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Infants--1930-1940. Children--Health & welfare--United States--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 345_Unfair_to_babies_A_help_1936 |
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