1
50
11
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https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/a0cf30ca3ab174f0c4d7cf2027e510c4.jpg
7f34bedda4a346b528360438d42ac154
Still Image
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Original Format
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Chart
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Importance of the Blood Test as Part of the Patient Examination"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Testing
Syphilis—Exam
Description
An account of the resource
"How syphilis was discovered in 1000 consecutive cases referred to the syphilis clinic by other divisions of the Johns Hopkins Dispensary : Data from Albert Keidel, M.D., Archives of Dermotology and Syphilology, Vol. 25, p. 470, 1932."
This chart shows how many cases of syphilis were discovered by Wassermann exams compared to other means in different medical divisions.
Creator
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ASHA
Source
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American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, Box 177, Folder 18.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa late 1930s
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States--Great Depression
bar graph
clinic
exam
syphilis
test
Wasserman
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/5aaf6d9a49fc8234ca9d93156e3b7808.jpg
ce079e1e52edfb8bd422123bb064e224
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Title
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Social Hygiene Materials (1919-1935)
Description
An account of the resource
These materials cover the years after WWI and before Parran's campaign. Of particular note are the poster series "Keeping Fit" and "Youth and Life," which were collaborations between the YMCA and the PHS. The former was created for young male audiences, the latter to reach young women.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
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Poster
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Title
A name given to the resource
"For A Happy Married Life"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Social hygiene
Marriage
Syphilis—Exam
Description
An account of the resource
The poster promotes abstinence and medical exams before marriage. It is part of a larger poster series called "Youth and Life."
"Love is essential, and mutual respect, common interests, and unselfish consideration are the foundations of love : Sexual abstinence before marriage for both man and woman is the only reliable safeguard for the welfare of the family : To be sure that both man and woman are physically fit, each should have a medical examination before marriage. The laws of several states now require such an examination"
Creator
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ASHA
YMCA
Source
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American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, <a href="http://purl.umn.edu/62395">http://purl.umn.edu/62395</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1922
Identifier
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UMedia: swhp0089
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States—1920s
exam
family
home
law
man
marriage
sex
woman
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/08f46e2d5811f6852695f72a4c9eb9da.jpg
3e9bd72157d5ec351213e2f6e1334aaa
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Anti-Syphilis Program in Action
Description
An account of the resource
These items are photographs of visual materials created by the program as they appeared in everyday life. Here we see exhibits in store windows, billboards, and different events.
Still Image
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
"State Laws Protecting Marriage from Syphilis"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Marriage
Syphilis—Testing
Syphilis—Exam
Syphilis control—Community participation
Description
An account of the resource
This map shows the distribution of state laws requiring premarital syphilis tests in 1944.
Creator
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ASHA
Source
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National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine, <a href="http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/detail/NLMNLM~1~1~101416838~150923:-Public-Health---United-States---Ma?sort=Title%2CSubject_MeSH_Term%2CCreator_Person%2CCreator_Organization&qvq=q:syphilis%2Bmap;sort:Title%2CSubject_MeSH_Term%2CCreator_Person%2CCreator_Organization;lc:NLMNLM~1~1&mi=36&trs=38">purl</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1944
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
NLM Call Number: WA 11 AA1 C25 No. 5 box 6 sub
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States—World War II
blood test
exam
map
marriage
syphilis
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/247ed960a2e2838daea7f86d6fe134f6.jpg
26e28bbe155a7f3e98e347dc88d5190f
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Comic strip
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Health Helps: Frank and Ann Guard Against Syphilis"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Syphilis—Testing
Marriage
Description
An account of the resource
This comic strip shows a couple, Frank and Ann, who consult their physician and get premarital syphilis exams. There is also text accompanying the strip that gives more information.
Creator
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C.D. Batchelor, artist
ASHA
Source
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American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, C.D. Batchelor Cartoons, 1940-1941, Box 177, Folder 23.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1941
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States—World War II
blood test
children
couple
family
man
marriage
physician
premarital exam
syphilis
woman
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/6ce666ecca3e11cda57b7edaed7ef228.jpg
8f128074f8d117971db161959362d4b6
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Comic strip
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Health Helps: Industry Guards Against Syphilis"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Health—Workers
Industry
Description
An account of the resource
This comic strip shows the initiation of an industry syphilis control program. It makes clear that screening employees for syphilis improves efficiency and that results will be confidential.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
C.D. Batchelor, artist
ASHA
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1941
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States—World War II
efficiency
exam
industry
overalls
physician
statistic
syphilis
worker
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/516d618c0d38398b899d2b6a97b6db38.jpg
d99bfdeb4a0a7f9e1bee9c26937499b0
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Posters & Projects
Description
An account of the resource
Items created by the New Deal work program, the WPA (1935-1943). Most of these posters were created by arts programs that crafted images conveying messages about community events, exhibitions, theater productions, educational programs, and of course health and hygiene. Some items are random visuals related to WPA health projects.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Poster
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Syphilis Examination Results are Confidential"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Description
An account of the resource
This poster conveys that the results of syphilis exams are confidential.
Creator
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Chicago, IL WPA Federal Art Project
Source
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Library of Congress, “Prints and Photographs Online Catalog,” Prints and Photographs Division, <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05198%20">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05198</a>.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
between 1936 and 1940
LOC Note: Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940.
Identifier
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LOC: cph 3f05198
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States--Great Depression
exam
hand
lock
stethoscope
syphilis
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/9891a2d08482beaa5033e297533f3fc9.jpg
acc15530cc3fbf02bd5ad471a1802280
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Poster
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
"The future is yours...protect it!"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Syphilis—Testing
Description
An account of the resource
"A blood test and a physical examination--every year, for you and yours."
Creator
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US Navy
Source
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American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, US Navy, circa 1940-1945, Box Oversize flat 1 and map case drawer 11.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1945
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States—World War II
animal
blood test
exam
syphilis
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/9b60fbc6189b86b1623b6550fad7c2d5.jpg
2549fc0285c540db49cec21b85f68362
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Title
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US Public Health Service (USPHS) Materials
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
USPHS
Description
An account of the resource
Items created by the Venereal Disease Division of the USPHS.
Still Image
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Original Format
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Pamphlet
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Doctor, Test)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Syphilis—Testing
Description
An account of the resource
"Self-treatment and the quack are useless in syphilis. See your doctor of local clinic for adequate treatment."
"Find syphilis early. Serum from the first sore may reveal syphilis even before the blood test will show it."
Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. One photograph shows a doctor talking to a patient. The other depicts the preparation of slides to identify samples positive for syphilis.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
USPHS
Source
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National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
Publisher
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US Government Printing Office
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1938
Identifier
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NARA: RC 201.5C32 “11 Pamphlets, English and Other Language”
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States--Great Depression
clinic
exam
lab coat
microscope
patient
photograph
physician
quack
treatment
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/8245772d522efa059d8fac0109eb1ac1.jpg
090af636f9e87e42e30d92ec0ee0fe67
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Title
A name given to the resource
US Public Health Service (USPHS) Materials
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
USPHS
Description
An account of the resource
Items created by the Venereal Disease Division of the USPHS.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Pamphlet
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Darkfield Exam)
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Description
An account of the resource
"A special dark-field microscope is needed to see the tiny, pale spirochete--the germ that causes syphilis."
Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a man looking through a darkfield microscope at syphilis samples.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
USPHS
Source
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National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
Publisher
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US Government Printing Office
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1938
Identifier
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NARA: RC 201.5C32 “11 Pamphlets, English and Other Language”
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States--Great Depression
exam
germ
lab coat
microscope
photograph
spirochete
syphilis
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/6fd0a18b773c0463a3033ce9b182144a.jpg
a04c970be48413419a8681e60351cdb1
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Posters & Projects
Description
An account of the resource
Items created by the New Deal work program, the WPA (1935-1943). Most of these posters were created by arts programs that crafted images conveying messages about community events, exhibitions, theater productions, educational programs, and of course health and hygiene. Some items are random visuals related to WPA health projects.
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Poster
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Stamp Out Syphilis!"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Syphilis—Testing
Description
An account of the resource
"The Work Projects Administration is Cooperating in the National Campaign to Stamp Out Syphilis! : 1. You are asked to go to your private doctor for a blood test. If you cannot pay for this go to any of the following : City Clinics : Health Center : 212 West 12th St. : Union Bethel <em>white only</em> : 501 East 3rd St. : Shoemaker <em>colored only</em> : 1041 Cutter St. : General Hospital : Burnet Ave : County Clinics : St. Simon COmmunity House : Woodlawn Ohio : Junior Hall : Addyston Ohio : North College Hill School <em>colored only</em> : Steelesub : 2. After having your blood tested have the doctor fill out the reporting slip and mail to the department of health city hall Cintio : This will in no way affect your employment with the Works Progress Administration : This information will be kept confidential: Please Let Us Have Your Help!"<br /><br />This poster urges WPA workers to visit their physician or a clinic to have a syphilis test. It emphasizes that the test is confidential and will not jeopardize employment with the WPA.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Ohio WPA Federal Art Program
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
between 1936 and 1940
LOC Note: Date stamped on verso: May 28 1940.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
LOC: cph 3f05407
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States--Great Depression
African American
blood test
clinic
DOH
foot
syphilis
-
https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/files/original/e2624f8d590c3d12224c91bf284c4b57.jpg
3fb2b30d1034245412c76f0d71196582
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Title
A name given to the resource
Military Posters (WWII)
Description
An account of the resource
The intended audience of these posters is servicemen as the US was mobilizing for and fighting World War II.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940 to 1945
Still Image
A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Poster (Slide of original)
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Title
A name given to the resource
"Happiness Ahead--For the Healthy but Not for the Diseased"
Subject
The topic of the resource
Syphilis—Exam
Marriage
Description
An account of the resource
"Get Full Medical Examination For VD Before Marriage"
This poster advises couples to get VD exams before marrying to ensure their happiness.
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
National Archives, Record Group 112: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), Series: Posters Promoting Venereal Disease Prevention and the Prevention of Other Diseases, circa 1942-1944.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1942 to 1944
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
NARA: 112-P-106
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
United States—World War II
exam
healthy
husband
man
marriage
VD
wife
woman