Good grades - Habits go together City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium (S) – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Good grades - Habits go together City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium (S). An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Good grades - Habits go together City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium (S)
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Its slogan, "Good grades - Habits go together," ties good schoolwork to good health habits, and it was made for the City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. In 1939 tuberculosis was still a serious public health threat in American cities, and sanitariums ran education campaigns aimed at families and schoolchildren. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced silkscreen posters like this one to carry such messages to a broad public at low cost. Its bold flat color and short wording were chosen so that a passerby could take in the lesson at a glance.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Health care--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Tuberculosis--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Hygiene--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,868 × 4,096 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 643_Good_grades_Habits_go_1939 |
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