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Alaska department of Health and Social services, AIDS Preventing Project

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Alaska department of Health and Social services, AIDS Preventing Project, Alaska department of Health and Social services, None

Various posters to provide education about AIDS
(i) A small boy standing on a stool with his hands on top of a very large blue book with

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Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Department of the Interior, National Park Service (Design attributed to John Wagner), Don't Kill Our Wildlife

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Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Department of the Interior, National Park Service (Design attributed to John Wagner), Don't Kill Our Wildlife, Library of Congress, 1940

This poster, which shows two deer running in front of a vehicle, urges the public not to "kill our wildlife." Created by the Federal Arts Project,…

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National Museum of American History, For Your Country's Sake Today – For Your Own Sake Tomorrow

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National Museum of American History, For Your Country's Sake Today – For Your Own Sake Tomorrow, National Museum of American History., 1944

This poster, created by Steele Savage in 1944, appealed to the patriotism of women aged 20 to 35 to prompt them to enlist in the Women's Army Corps,…

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CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963

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CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963, CDC, 1963

In 1961, oral polio vaccine (OPV) was invented by Dr Albert Sabin and introduced in the US. Sabin’s strategy was to give trivalent OPV to all children…

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D.W. Bartlett, The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln

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D.W. Bartlett, The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Heritage Auctions, 1860

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." - Abraham Lincoln This is…

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Wellbee Poster

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Wellbee Poster, CDC, 1964

In this poster, Wellbee cheerfully reminds the viewer to “be well” and “be clean” by washing his or her hands regularly, suggesting a clear connection…

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National Library of Medicine, WHO / Global campaign for violence prevention

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National Library of Medicine, WHO / Global campaign for violence prevention, WHO, Unknown

The Global Campaign for Violence Prevention promotes the adoption of a public health approach to violence prevention, and provides a platform for…

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Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained

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Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1918

This poster, released by the Social Hygiene Division (Army Educational Commission) was designed to spread awareness about venereal disease. This…

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McKinley Presidential Campaign, William McKinley Presidential Campaign

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McKinley Presidential Campaign, William McKinley Presidential Campaign, Library of Congress, 1895-1900

"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be." - Sydney J. Harris In the 1896…

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