Syphilis Menace to industry (S) Dont [sic] lose your pay. – Antique Poster 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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Chicago's industrial workforce is the focus of this 1936 poster, which argues that untreated syphilis threatens factory output and workers' livelihoods. Its tagline, "Don't lose your pay," frames treatment as a way to stay on the job rather than a matter of private shame. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced public health and public information posters during the Depression, and this one was printed in silkscreen, a method the program's poster unit used to make inexpensive, eye-catching multiples for display in workplaces and public buildings. The date stamped on the back, March 1940, shows that the sheet remained in circulation or storage 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. 204 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Syphilis--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Industry--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 980 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 695_Syphilis_Menace_to_indu_1936 |
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