WWI Social Hygiene Posters
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WWI Social Hygiene Posters
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These items are posters from World War I. In terms of numbers, public health visuals were much more limited until the 1920s. The use of propaganda during the war, the growth of advertising afterwards, and the use of posters by the New Deal, and the increasing visual nature of American culture all contributed to the greater use of visuals within public health efforts after WWI.
Collection Items
!["Is Your Mind Diseased?"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2d271df13fc5bdc2e62c78e1de399340.jpg ""Is Your Mind Diseased?"")
"100%, She Deserves the Same"
!["100%, She Deserves the Same"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7cc7b2dafaac8ffa12eae018b2d73b6d.jpg ""100%, She Deserves the Same"")
This is a WWI social hygiene poster directed to servicemen. It features the image of a wife or sweetheart to emphasize continence.
"Go Back to Them Physically Fit and Morally Clean"
!["Go Back to Them Physically Fit and Morally Clean"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/46ee16d76f3779921a315faa5b66269a.jpg ""Go Back to Them Physically Fit and Morally Clean"")
This is a WWI social hygiene poster directed to servicemen. It invokes the family who awaits them at home to emphasize continence.
"He Still Needs Your Best"
!["He Still Needs Your Best"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e2f11662ee883f1d0286e4a592cf29cb.jpg ""He Still Needs Your Best"")
This is a WWI social hygiene poster directed to servicemen. An image of Uncle Same warns that VD can threaten the war effort.
"'Not in Line of Duty'"
!["'Not in Line of Duty'"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6b42dd0fb077fa67a72de3f496d873ae.jpg ""'Not in Line of Duty'"")
This social hygiene poster shows a serviceman in a hospital bed who has been sidelined because of VD. The line "Not in the Line of Duty" refers to the fact that soldiers who were ill due to venereal disease were not considered to be injured in the…
"Steady Buddy--There's a Come-back!"
!["Steady Buddy--There's a Come-back!"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1ba151e225e314feeb4281f2281586e1.jpg ""Steady Buddy--There's a Come-back!"")
This poster warns servicemen about prostitutes and encourages continence.
"'To You From Failing Hands We Throw the Torch, Be Yours to Hold it High'"
!["'To You From Failing Hands We Throw the Torch, Be Yours to Hold it High'"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3471576471adf82fdcdfe751e48d246f.jpg ""'To You From Failing Hands We Throw the Torch, Be Yours to Hold it High'"")
This poster features an image of a serviceman at the grave of a comrade to promote social hygiene.
"What Kind of Parents Will YOUR Children Have?"
!["What Kind of Parents Will YOUR Children Have?"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8b51a095649ee28702a47982a23129e4.jpg ""What Kind of Parents Will YOUR Children Have?"")
This poster invokes the family to promote continence among servicemen.
"Will You Be a Free Man or Chained"
!["Will You Be a Free Man or Chained"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3f736a101fd23235e53c9640eb7690d4.jpg ""Will You Be a Free Man or Chained"")
This poster shows the feet of a soldier chained by "venereal disease" and "enslaving habits."
"Will You Go Home With Your Outfit"
!["Will You Go Home With Your Outfit"](https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8e09e1c3095338c82e9db00c398d51f0.jpg ""Will You Go Home With Your Outfit"")
"G.O. 215: 'Officers and enlisted men returning to the United States will be subjected to a physical examination previous to embarkation and all those found to be affected with venereal disease in a communicable stage will be detained and placed in…