Visual Culture and Health Posters
- Title:
- Venereal Disease Covers the Earth
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- Description:
- This poster extends the warning to soldiers by identifying venereal disease as a global problem. The glamorous woman in the illustration, posing in a low-cut red dress, is set against a shadowed globe in the background. This poster might also be adopting the language of anti-Communism and borrowing the color of the "red menace." The headline warns, "Venereal disease covers the earth," and the caption at the bottom reiterates the responsibility of the soldier in protecting himself.
- Number of Image Pages:
- 1 (675,768 Bytes)
- Date:
- 1940
- Creator:
- Unknown Organization
- Source:
- Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.
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- IHM Order Number: A026107
- Publisher:
- Unknown Organization
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- Subject:
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- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
- Women
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Public Health
- Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:
- Venereal Disease
- Exhibit Category:
- Infectious Disease
- Relation:
Juke Joint Sniper (1942)
- She May Be a Bag of Trouble (1940)
- Easy to Get. . . (1940)
- She May Look Clean--But [ca. 1940]
- Unique Identifier:
- VCBBCD
- Document Type:
- Posters
- Slides (photographs)
- Language:
- English
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2004-08-13
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