WAMU 88.5 FM Image Gallery

Public Health and Art

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   She May be...a bag of TROUBLE. Syphilis -- Gonorrhea. Courtesy of: U.S. Public Health Service, United States, 1940s. Artist: "Christian."
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   When a fly wipes his feet on your food, he's spreading disease!Courtesy of: War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944. Artist: Vernon Grant.
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   She may look clean, but...pick-ups, "good time" girls, prostitutes spread syphilis and gonorrhea. Courtesy of: U.S. Public Health Service, 1940s.
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   Don't worry about what you'll pick up at work.Courtesy of: Health Education Authority, Great Britain, 1980s.
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   No home remedy or quack doctor ever cured syphilis or gonorrhea. See your doctor or local health officer.Courtesy of: U.S. Public Health Service, 1945. Artist: Leonard Karsakov
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   Rotten er en Landeplage. (Rats are a plague on the land.)Courtesy of: Statens Annonce & Reklamebureau, Denmark, 1946. Artist: Aage Rasmussen
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   Beware...Drink only approved water. Never give a germ a break!Courtesy of: War Department, United States, 1944.
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   Atish. Sadan begynder en Epidemi. (Achoo. Thus begins an epidemic.) Artist: Robert Storm PetersenCourtesy of: Kobenhavns Sundhedskommission, Denmark, 1930s.
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   Syphilis: A million new victims each year. Courtesy of: U.S. Public Health Service, mid-1940s. Artist: Dorothy Darling Fellnagel
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    Tomorrow's Citizen.Courtesy of: Ministry of Health and Central Council for Health Education, Great Britain, 1951. Designer: Reginald Mount.