Public Health Poster

Title

Public Health Poster

Description

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health posters features work from numerous countries on an array of diseases

Creator

National Library of Medicine

Date

Mid 1940s

Source

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/169882

Rights

Source: Schaffer, Amanda. (2008, Nov 3). Gave Warnings of Disease, With the Adman's Flair. New York Times. Retrieved Oct 15, 2012, from http://nyti.ms/Xgn6A6

Publisher

National Library of Medicine

Contributor

National Library of Medicine

Format

Medium: Photograph

Language

English

Type

Poster

Identifier

Public Health, Posters, Syphilis, Diseases

Coverage

United States

Files

syphilisposter.jpg

Reference

National Library of Medicine, Public Health Poster, National Library of Medicine, Mid 1940s

Cite As

National Library of Medicine, “Public Health Poster,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 18, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/255.