Outwitted by community sanitation Community sanitation planning keeps flies away from – 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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Outwitted by community sanitation Community sanitation planning keeps flies away from 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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Outwitted by community sanitation Community sanitation planning keeps flies away from
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This 1940 silkscreen poster, produced under the Federal Art Project, takes on a specific rural problem in Illinois: flies breeding in open privies and carrying disease to food and people. Its title, "Outwitted by community sanitation," presents proper planning as the way to beat the insects rather than simply swatting at them. During the 1930s, many small communities still relied on outdoor privies, and public health agencies knew that flies moving between waste and kitchens could spread typhoid and dysentery. The Works Progress Administration's poster division used bold color and simple graphic design to carry such health messages to people who might never read a pamphlet.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Privies--1930-1940. Flies--1930-1940. Sanitation--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 962 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 607_Outwitted_by_community_1940 |
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