Fight Disease With Cleanliness – Antique Print
(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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This historic image of Fight Disease With Cleanliness brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Fight Disease With Cleanliness
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Its title states the message outright: *Fight Disease With Cleanliness*, a gouache painting dated to about 1936 and held by the Library of Congress. Works like this belong to the public health education efforts of the Depression years, when federal art projects produced posters and graphic materials meant to reach people who had little access to medical advice. Campaigns of that era stressed soap, clean water, and sanitary habits as everyday defenses against infectious disease. The painting's interest lies in how it turns a plain health instruction into an image meant to be understood at a glance.
| Created / published | c. 1936 |
|---|---|
| Notes | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C., (painting, gouache, color) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,314 × 1,874 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219497 |
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