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1937 Beast.jpg
This is a reprint of a poster created for the first National Social Hygiene Day in 1937. It features a knight representing the "nation-wide fight on venereal diseases" attacking the monster of syphilis with a lance of "medical science and education.…

1938 ABC Syphilis.jpg
"What the average person should know about a very dangerous and prevalent disease"

This pamphlet includes short entires about syphilis in alphabetical order. It was included in National Social Hygiene Day Program Kits.

1940 Hes Doing His Job.jpg
"Prepare youth for national service : Protect youth from VD and vice : Preserve family life : National Social Hygiene Day"

This poster ties social hygiene efforts to those of servicemen. It is also promoting National Social Hygiene Day.

1940 NSHD beyond victory .jpg
"Build--Better Health Better Homes Better Communities : Prevent--Venereal Diseases Promiscuity Prostitution : National Social Hygiene Day"

1940 Prevention Watchword.jpg
This poster urges communities to get involved in National Social Hygiene Day to help eradicate VD.

"You...Your Organization Must Help Stamp Out Venereal Disease : Organize Community Action! : National Social Hygiene Day : The American Social…

1940 Safeguard the Family .jpg
This poster promotes National Social Hygiene Day as a way to protect the family.

1944 NSHD Poster Unite Against.jpg
This is a promotional poster for National Social Hygiene Day that urges community participation to help support the war effort.

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1945 calling all communities .jpg
This poster is promoting community participation in National Social Hygiene Day.

1940 NSHD Paper War on Quacks.jpg
This is the cover page of a broadside created and distributed for National Social Hygiene Day. It's headline addresses the year's theme--quackery.

1938 Stamp Out Syphilis Skyline.jpg
This is a publicity poster for National Social Hygiene Day 1938. "Stamp Out Syphilis" is being broadcast over a suburban community.

1937 Ice Pack Breaks Up.jpg
This National Social Hygiene Poster features a cartoon that shows the ship of "prevention and cure of venereal disease" breaking up the ice pack of "prudery," "shush! shush!," and "ignorance."

1944 Industrial Program Unite Poster.jpg
This poster urges community participation in VD control to strengthen the war effort. This version has been personalized for use by a industrial health program in Fort Greene, an area in Brooklyn, NY.

"VD Delays Victory : Let's Know The Facts :…

1945 CT Druggist Window Display.gif
This photograph shows a anti-syphilis display in a drugstore window for National Social Hygiene Day.
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