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F.E.G. kidney remedy. The newly discovered herb medicine. Sold everywhere / Van.

F.E.G. kidney remedy. The newly discovered herb medicine. Sold everywh...

Patent medicine poster showing "Paul and Virginia," caricatures of an African American couple on a swing.

The Public Health Nurse She answers humanity's call : Your Red Cross membership makes her work possible / / Gordon Grant.

The Public Health Nurse She answers humanity's call : Your Red Cross m...

American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a Public Health nurse on horseback.

The American Red Cross wants clothes to send over-seas to Belgium and Northern France Phone the American Red Cross - Greeley 5650 (24 west 39th. St.) and they will tell you how / / Gordon Grant.

The American Red Cross wants clothes to send over-seas to Belgium and ...

Poster showing an American "patriot" helping a young Belgian girl into a coat while a Red Cross worker stands behing him holding clothing, other members of the child's family stand to the right. Poster torn in ... More

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one cradling in her arms a child on a litter, between the flags of Japan and the United States. Text also in Japanese.

The American ambulance in Russia

The American ambulance in Russia

Poster showing a figure on a galloping horse, carrying a torch, charging between a worker with tools and a warrior in armor with sword and shield. Caption in Russian: "Year 1914," with additional Russian text. ... More

Your money or his life Subscribe to the war fund - Red Cross week - June 18th to 25th / / Ayer.

Your money or his life Subscribe to the war fund - Red Cross week - Ju...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse offering a wounded soldier a drink from a canteen. Issued by: Committee on Public Safety, State of New Hampshire.

Symboles de la liberté et de l'huma[nité] La Croix Rouge, la mère de toutes les nations.

Symboles de la liberté et de l'huma[nité] La Croix Rouge, la mère de t...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Haiti and the United States. Piece missing from lower right corner with so... More

The American ambulance in Russia

The American ambulance in Russia

Poster showing a soldier on a battlefield, with others operating a cannon in the background.

The American ambulance in Russia

The American ambulance in Russia

Poster showing an ambulance on a battlefield, with Russian men standing in foreground. Caption: This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia. Send contributions to The American Ambulance in Ru... More

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas las naciones.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Panama and the United States.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas las naciones.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Bolivia and the United States.

American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / / Lawrence Wilbur.

American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / / Lawrence Wilbur.

American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a large red cross.

Mitbürger! Sammelt leere Mineralwasserflaschen

Mitbürger! Sammelt leere Mineralwasserflaschen

Poster shows a Red Cross nurse giving a wounded soldier a glass of water. Text asks people to collect empty mineral water bottles and donate them to the Red Cross.

The American ambulance in Russia

The American ambulance in Russia

Poster showing soldiers advancing with bayonnets extended. Caption in Russian: "Military 5 1/2 % bonds." Poster has been trimmed and pasted into irregular shape. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas las naciones.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Nicaragua and the United States.

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of China and the United States. Text also in Chinese.

Symbolos da liberdade y da humanidade A Crux Vermelha, Mãe de todas as nacões.

Symbolos da liberdade y da humanidade A Crux Vermelha, Mãe de todas as...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Brazil and the United States.

[Red Cross. Soldiers receiving medical attention]

[Red Cross. Soldiers receiving medical attention]

Poster showing a crowded scene at a Red Cross truck, with soldiers using supplies from boxes marked with the Red Cross symbol. Poster has no text.

Belgian Red Cross / Charles Buchel ; printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.

Belgian Red Cross / Charles Buchel ; printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co.,...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse, with angel wings, tending to a wounded soldier, against backdrop of Belgian flag.

For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid of the French Red Cross / Forestier ; W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London, S.E.

For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid o...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse with arms extended, as others tend to wounded soldiers, under the flags of France and the Red Cross.

Faites préserver vos enfants contre la tuberculose par le vaccin B.C.G.

Faites préserver vos enfants contre la tuberculose par le vaccin B.C.G...

A nurse holding a young child. Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maj. Gregory, Medical Inspection

Maj. Gregory, Medical Inspection

Photograph shows Major Gregory doing health inspections for soldiers, probably at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York. Fort Slocum served as a major recruiting station during ... More

Will you help? The Red Cross counts on you / Woodward, St. Louis.

Will you help? The Red Cross counts on you / Woodward, St. Louis.

Poster showing a soldier with woman and child, as a wrecked building burns in the distance. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

You, in her thoughts - Public domain portrait print

You, in her thoughts - Public domain portrait print

Poster showing a contemplative young woman, a family group, and a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox extolling male virginity before marriage to prevent health problems related to sexually transmitted diseases. This p... More

Medical corps, Fort Slocum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Medical corps, Fort Slocum - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows medical corps soldiers standing and sitting on a cannon on the grounds of Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York. Fort Slocum served as a major recruiting statio... More

Join the Red Cross and on Christmas eve a candle in every window, a service flag for every home / LN Britton.

Join the Red Cross and on Christmas eve a candle in every window, a se...

Poster showing a Red Cross banner and a candle in a window with a Christmas tree in the background.

Read these facts about your American Red Cross Its purpose, to care for our soldiers and sailors [...], to shorten the war [...], to lay foundations for an enduring peace [...].

Read these facts about your American Red Cross Its purpose, to care fo...

Poster is text only, with red cross. Text continues: An all American, largely volunteer organization - authorized by Congress, headed by President Wilson, its accounts audited by the War Department, enthusiasti... More

American poets' ambulances in Italy, 1917

American poets' ambulances in Italy, 1917

Poster showing an ambulance truck being pulled by a winged horse. Caption: Pegasus at work for the Allies. Inscribed: To the Library of Congress, compliments of Robert Underwood Johnson, chairman of the committ... More

A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without some luxury All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.

A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without...

Poster shows a large red cross. Form N Y 1 - Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Help your Red Cross "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these" / / Hubert Chapin ; Latham Litho & Printing Co. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Help your Red Cross "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least...

Poster showing Christ, a Red Cross, and a cathedral looming over a scene of ruins and casualties where a Red Cross nurse is helping.

General Pershing cables "No other organization since the world began has ever done such great constructive work with the efficiency, dispatch and understanding, often under adverse circumstances, than has been done in France by American Red Cross in the last six months."

General Pershing cables "No other organization since the world began h...

Poster showing a bust portrait of Pershing flanked by two red crosses. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

They fight for you - protect them Help the Red Cross raise $100,000,000 at once / / W.G. Sesser.

They fight for you - protect them Help the Red Cross raise $100,000,00...

Poster showing Liberty, modeled on the well-known statue complete with upraised torch, offering a Red Cross shield to a wounded soldier.

In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter.

In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter.

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a wounded soldier. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Poster - Be a trained nurse - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Be a trained nurse - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a woman in a white uniform opening a door marked "Opportunity." 34-1146-20 G.L. Co.

If you knew a day's pay would save a life, would you give one day a month? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.

If you knew a day's pay would save a life, would you give one day a mo...

Poster shows a large red cross. Form N Y 2 - Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do less? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.

Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend o...

Poster shows a large red cross. Form N Y 4 - Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg.

Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg.

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a wounded soldier as she signals for help. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Save the Serbians from cholera / Boardman Robinson.

Save the Serbians from cholera / Boardman Robinson.

Poster showing a figure of Death reaching down from storm clouds to menace a devastated populace.

We need you / Albert Sterner 1918.

We need you / Albert Sterner 1918.

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse appealing to a young woman for help, as another nurse tends to a wounded man.

You kept fit and defeated the Hun - now set a high standard, a clean America! Stamp out venereal diseases / / E. Fuhr.

You kept fit and defeated the Hun - now set a high standard, a clean A...

Post-World War I poster promoting health in America, showing a soldier with an eagle perched on his shoulder. No. 21294. Title transcribed from item.

With compass and T-square during World War I

With compass and T-square during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations perform mechanical drafting without the need for prostheses. Poster caption: For one-armed men, mechanical drafting has proved a good ... More

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hospitals as a result of the war.

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hos...

Poster features three photographs of men receiving aid, including letter writing and the projection of images on the ceiling for men who are confined to bed. No. 4.

Red Cross first aid 1,000,000 persons have learned the right way--the Red Cross way--of cheating death from accidents.

Red Cross first aid 1,000,000 persons have learned the right way--the ...

Poster features three photographs of people receiving first aid. Public domain reproduction of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Future members of the fourth estate

Future members of the fourth estate

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial leg amputations are being taught to work in a printshop. Poster caption: Learning the operations of the monotype caster and the handling of type in th... More

India restores her war cripples to self-support

India restores her war cripples to self-support

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which disabled veterans learn trades. Poster captions: Automobile mechanics is a popular trade with the disabled men at Queen Mary's Technical School, Bombay, India ; The lo... More

Learning to walk for the second time

Learning to walk for the second time

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with double leg amputations are being taught to walk with protheses.

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hospitals as the result of the war. Your membership helps the Red Cross make their lives happier.

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hos...

Poster features three photographs of men receiving aid, including letter writing and the projection of images on the ceiling for men who are confined to bed.

At work again Back to the farm.

At work again Back to the farm.

Exhibit poster showing two scenes "At work again" and "Back to the farm" in which men using "working protheses" perform manual labor in a woodworking shop and on a farm. Poster caption: Physical handicaps are m... More

Good use of time in hospital - Public domain  engraving

Good use of time in hospital - Public domain engraving

Exhibit poster showing a man recovering from war wounds at Walter Reed Hospital learning the craft of engraving. Poster caption: The period of treatment in hospital can be put to good use by men who will be dis... More

Future ship workers A one-armed welder.

Future ship workers A one-armed welder.

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations are taught welding. Poster captions: Disabled men are taught oxy-acetylene welding in the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disable... More

A successful workman - Public domain monumental decor print

A successful workman - Public domain monumental decor print

Exhibit poster showing a portrait photograph of a man who lost his arm in an industrial accident, also shows a view of him at a machine in a woodworking shop. Poster caption: This man who lost an arm in an indu... More

What can the blinded man do in the world of commerce and industry

What can the blinded man do in the world of commerce and industry

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A blinded workman, without special training, operating a drill press in a large electrical works ; Si... More

Facts of interest to the disabled soldier or sailor The military and naval authorities will provide him [...].

Facts of interest to the disabled soldier or sailor The military and n...

Exhibit poster showing text listing the opportunities that are provided by the Federal Board for Vocational Education and by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance which are available to disabled servicemen. Poster c... More

New Jersey must fight on that these shall not have died in vain - that these shall not be born in vain

New Jersey must fight on that these shall not have died in vain - that...

New Jersey Dept. of Health poster showing soldiers rushing into battle and a woman holding an infant, a child standing next to her, and the faces of infants drawn in the background. Copyright by Department of H... More

What are you doing to help? Join your American Red Cross / Gordon Grant.

What are you doing to help? Join your American Red Cross / Gordon Gran...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse and a heavily bandaged man.

No longer out of a job during World War I

No longer out of a job during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A tin cutter ; A fountain pen maker ; By careful placement work, many disabled men can be assured of ... More

In France, two popular trades taught disabled soldiers are cabinet-making and tailoring

In France, two popular trades taught disabled soldiers are cabinet-mak...

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which disabled soldiers are being taught useful skills to enable them to find employment upon discharge from military service - "Disabled Serbians working in the carpentry s... More

The lure of the movies during World War I

The lure of the movies during World War I

Exhibit poster showing a disabled man working with film projection equipment.

The disabled man who is profitably employed is no longer handicapped

The disabled man who is profitably employed is no longer handicapped

Exhibit poster, text only, calling for the extension of veterans benefits to all injured and disabled citizens. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind.

Back home during World War I

Back home during World War I

Exhibit poster showing a disabled veteran in a field with his wife. Poster caption: After giving both arms in service this French lieutenant cheerfully carries on his farming. He is here returning from the fiel... More

Junior Red Cross Comrades all / / Karl E. Johnson.

Junior Red Cross Comrades all / / Karl E. Johnson.

Poster showing a Junior Red Cross worker standing with two young boys.

From overseas to you--Hear her story at Chautauqua / Gordon Grant.

From overseas to you--Hear her story at Chautauqua / Gordon Grant.

Poster showing a young woman in a Red Cross uniform. Public domain reproduction of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Open air schools and tuberculosis

Open air schools and tuberculosis

Print shows a child reading on a rooftop. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Association. (Source: National Tuberculos... More

Tuberculosis is a "house disease"

Tuberculosis is a "house disease"

Print shows a Native American man in a canoe. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - Posture and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Posture and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a boy defending himself against an ogre with a club labeled "tuberculosis" illustrating that good posture keeps the disease away. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that w... More

Poster - We belong 100% strong - Public domain lithograph

Poster - We belong 100% strong - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing large red cross. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - Food and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Food and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a girl with a slice of bread illustrating that a healthy diet keeps tuberculosis away. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the Nationa... More

Fighting tuberculosis in the school

Fighting tuberculosis in the school

Print shows a doctor examining a boy. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Association. (Source: National Tuberculosis A... More

Poster - Tuberculosis and childhood - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Tuberculosis and childhood - Public domain lithograph

Print shows the symbol Columbia with children. Public domain scan - children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - The tuberculosis family - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The tuberculosis family - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a woman holding a baby next to an open window. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Association. (Source: Na... More

Poster - Outdoor play and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Outdoor play and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a girl sitting by a window watching children playing outdoors. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Associat... More

The exhibit arranged at the Minnesota State Fair by a committee comprising all public health nursing organizations of that state. The exhibit was arranged as a series of booths, called "The Road to Health", each booth representing some phase of the public health nursing world. At the back of each booth was a poster explaining the particular exhibit, appropriate "Jingles" carrying the text. This is the mother, happy and wise, whose health the state has learned to prize, the clinic her need for care has met, and she sews with joy on a simple layette

The exhibit arranged at the Minnesota State Fair by a committee compri...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Central Division. Data: Nursing Service, Oct. 1921. Classification: Fair Exhibits... More

Miss Ruth Clark, Exhibit Asst. in the U.S. Childrens Bureau

Miss Ruth Clark, Exhibit Asst. in the U.S. Childrens Bureau

Miss Ruth Clark, U.S. Childrens Bureau, Department of Labor, making a poster concerning child health. No. 27457. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

More women die of cancer than do men 70 percent of the 35,000 women who die annually of cancer of the breast and uterus could be saved if treated in time.

More women die of cancer than do men 70 percent of the 35,000 women wh...

Poster encouraging women to seek treatment for cancer. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. Public Health Service in cooperation with the... More

Is your child vaccinated Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Department of Health.

Is your child vaccinated Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Depar...

Poster for Chicago Department of Health showing large red question mark. Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Make your health points--get your test now / Kreger.

Make your health points--get your test now / Kreger.

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two girls playing basketball, shooting at hoop "good health." Date stamped on verso: Apr 24 1939. Work Pro... More

Don't gamble with syphilis--Consult health authorities

Don't gamble with syphilis--Consult health authorities

Poster showing a man rolling dice. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

X-Ray, radium, surgery - the three recognized treatments for cancer Consult your doctor or health bureau.

X-Ray, radium, surgery - the three recognized treatments for cancer Co...

Poster promoting diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Protect our youth Join the crusade to stamp out syphilis : Be examined now by your doctor or at a Department of Health clinic.

Protect our youth Join the crusade to stamp out syphilis : Be examined...

Poster for treatment of syphilis showing a knight standing on a serpent. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by Staten Island Case... More

"Just a scratch" But! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid on-the-job!

"Just a scratch" But! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid on-t...

Poster for Illinois WPA Safety Division promoting immediate treatment of on-the-job injuries. Poster design by John Mathews(?). Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of t... More

Beware the cancer quack A reputable physician does not promise a cure, demand advance payment, advertise / / Plattner.

Beware the cancer quack A reputable physician does not promise a cure,...

Poster warning cancer patients to be wary of persons claiming to be physicians and promising to cure cancer. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congres... More

Shame may be fatal If you fear you have contracted a disease don't let false shame destroy health & happiness : Consult a reputable physician.

Shame may be fatal If you fear you have contracted a disease don't let...

Poster encouraging persons with syphilis to seek proper treatment as soon as possible. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA... More

Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood test & examination should be made before marriage by your doctor or Bureau of Social Hygiene Clinic, 51 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island.

Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood t...

Poster encouraging blood tests and examinations for couples prior to marriage. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treatment will save many lives : Early cancer can be cured.

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treat...

Poster promoting early diagnosis and treatment for cancer, showing a rooster crowing at sunrise. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. Pub... More

The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.

The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.

Poster showing man wearing gas mask and men marching. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angel... More

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorders Have your blood tested.

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorder...

Poster promoting blood tests for syphilis. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fight cancer - delay is dangerous Consult your doctor or health bureau.

Fight cancer - delay is dangerous Consult your doctor or health bureau...

Poster promoting better health care through early treatment of cancer, showing a hand holding a sword. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Stop cancer now Delay reduces the chance for recovery.

Stop cancer now Delay reduces the chance for recovery.

Poster encouraging early treatment for cancer. Public domain scan of printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lifelong job--the constant protection of their health--The Cook County Public Health Unit / E.S. Reid.

A lifelong job--the constant protection of their health--The Cook Coun...

Poster showing a woman and two children in the rain. Date stamped on verso: Jan 8 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Be wise Don't play with firecrackers : Department of Health, New York City.

Be wise Don't play with firecrackers : Department of Health, New York ...

Poster warning of the dangers of playing with firecrackers, showing the face of a boy with an injured eye. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress... More

Balanced diet for the expectant mother Inquire at the Health Bureau.

Balanced diet for the expectant mother Inquire at the Health Bureau.

Poster promoting proper diet and prenatal care for pregnant women, showing a bowl of fruit. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). More informat... More

Good grades and good health go together City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium :PGet your test now.

Good grades and good health go together City of Chicago Municipal Tube...

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting tuberculosis testing and that good grades and good health compliment each other, showing a girl roller skating. Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1... More

Know the risks involved Syphilis is acquired and transmitted largely by youth : Youth should receive special attention : Consult a reputable physician.

Know the risks involved Syphilis is acquired and transmitted largely b...

Poster encouraging examinations for syphilis. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Caption continues: Last year a half-million cases of early... More

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treatment will save many lives : Early cancer can be cured.

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treat...

Poster promoting early diagnosis and treatment for cancer, showing a rooster crowing at sunrise. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. Pub... More

Vision can be saved 50% of babies born with syphilis have impaired eyesight : Consult a reputable physician

Vision can be saved 50% of babies born with syphilis have impaired eye...

Poster encouraging examinations for syphilis. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Department of Correction, City of New York.

Don't fear cancer fight it! / JR.

Don't fear cancer fight it! / JR.

Poster promoting treatment for cancer. Caption continues: Further information may be secured from the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D.C., the American Society for the Control of Cancer, 1250 ... More

Prevent syphilis in marriage / M. Lewis Jacobs(?).

Prevent syphilis in marriage / M. Lewis Jacobs(?).

Poster for the New York State Department of Health encouraging couples to take action to prevent syphilis in marriage. Date stamped on verso: Jul 19 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Stamp out syphilis and gonorrhea Have you had your blood test and examination : Go to your doctor or Dept. of Health.

Stamp out syphilis and gonorrhea Have you had your blood test and exam...

Poster encouraging blood testing and examinations to identify persons with syphilis and gonorrhea, showing a man pointing at the viewer. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Co... More

Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consult your physician / / G.S., Jr.

Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the co...

Poster encouraging citizens to "consult your physician" for treatment of the common cold, showing a shark. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Syphilis is a dangerous disease, but it can be cured

Syphilis is a dangerous disease, but it can be cured

Poster for treatment of syphilis, showing an anchor and a cross. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon... More

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