"Warning: These Enemies Are Still Lurking Around"

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"Warning: These Enemies Are Still Lurking Around"

Description

This cartoon warns that women with venereal disease are threats to military men. Two women are shown waiting on a corner, smoking. They are labeled "gonorrhea" and "syphilis." A sign shows that military bases are nearby.

Source

American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, American Social Health Association Posters, World War II circa 1940-1943 Box Oversize flat 1 and map case drawer 11, http://purl.umn.edu/62449.

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C.D. Batchelor, artist and ASHA, “"Warning: These Enemies Are Still Lurking Around",” Venereal Disease Visual History Archive, accessed November 8, 2024, https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/121.

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