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"For Home and Country."
Three figures, a soldier, a sailor, and a pilot, salute a woman and child sitting outside a suburban home. A US flag flies in front of the house. The text advises servicemen to avoid venereal disease with their family and…
"For A Happy Married Life"
"Love is essential, and mutual respect, common interests, and unselfish consideration are the foundations of love :…
"Fool the Axis--Use Prophylaxis"
"Fitness of Body and Mind"
Tags: photograph, sports
"First 2,000,000 Selectees Blood Tested for Syphilis"
This poster shows the rate of infection for each state. These statistics are based on the results of the blood tests given to men during their Selective Service examinations.
Tags: map, military, prevalence, selective service, syphilis
"Find Syphilis"
The poster promotes syphilis tests by employers.
Tags: arm, blood test, employee, industry, physician, smokestack, syphilis, syringe, worker
"Fighting Words for Fighting Men"
This poster features an image of a hand of the Axis holds a knife labeled "venereal disease". It urges audiences to use prophylaxis.
Tags: hand, knife, prophylaxis, victory
"Fight...Syphilis and Gonorrhea"
Tags: fight, gonorrhea, pick-up, prophylaxis, prostitute, serviceman, syphilis
"Fell'as You Bet I'm Going to Think--"
This poster appeals to servicemen's concerns about family, warning that VD could threaten their future plans. It features an image of a young woman and a baby.
"Family Income in Small Southern Cities" (Survey Graphic Reprint)
Tags: African American, family, money, south
"Exposing Yourself to a 'VD' Without Taking a Pro Means That...You Are a Saboteur"
Tags: gamble, hand, prophylaxis, serviceman, shadow
"Expectation of Life at Birth" (Survey Graphic Reprint)
Tags: African American, children, grave, life expectancy
"Expectant Mothers!"
"You Can Have A Healthy Baby : Ask your Doctor to give you a Careful Physical Examination including Blood Test as soon as you know a Baby is Coming."
"EV, A Veces Ni la Penicilina Sirve"
This poster warns that sometimes penicillin doesn't work and that it is easier to prevent rather than cure venereal diseases.
Tags: man, penicillin, prevention, spanish, VD
"Easy to Get..Syphilis and Gonorrhea"
This poster warns that venereal diseases are easy to get. It shows a serviceman outside a bar with a woman. A prophylaxis station is across the street.
Tags: bar, corner, gonorrhea, man, night, prophylaxis, serviceman, street, syphilis, woman
"Don't Wait, 70% are Doomed"
"Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted : Consult a reputable physician."
Tags: physician, statistic, syphilis, syphilophobia, treatment
"Don't Sweat it Out"
This poster advises servicemen to use prophylaxis.
Tags: prophylaxis, serviceman, sweat
"Don't Sweat It Out!"
Tags: clean, home, march, military, prophylaxis, serviceman, sweat
"Don't Drop the Ball!"
This poster advices audiences to use prophylaxis and features an image of men playing baseball.
Tags: prophylaxis, sports
"Don't do this...or this"
This poster discourages servicemen from seeking treatment…
Tags: home remedy, military, pharmacist, quack, serviceman, soldier
"Don't be HER pin-up boy."
Tags: pilot, sailor, serviceman, soldier, woman
"Don't Be a Dope...Play Safe!"
"Do Not Believe Him"
"If some 'wise guy' tells you that sexual intercourse is not dangerous, the facts are: A girl who would yield to one man has probably had relations…
Tags: gonorrhea, prophylaxis, prostitute, syphilis
"Diseases of Youth"
This poster features photos of young people engaging in various activities and warns that…
"Diseases of Youth, Syphilis and Gonorrhea"
This poster compares the prevalence of primary syphilis among different age groups of men and women. The text and the bar graph indicate that young people have the highest rates.
Tags: bar graph, gonorrhea, infographic, pictorial statistic, prevalence, statistic, syphilis, youth
"Did You Know"
Tags: blind, line graph, military, prophylaxis, statistic, syphilis
"Conventions Which Protect"
Tags: photograph, traveler's aid, woman
"Conventions Which Bring Freedom"
"Decent good times lead to more good times because they promote permanent friendships :…
Tags: home, man, photograph, woman
"Completeness of Treatment in U.S. and in Copenhagen"
Tags: map, Scandinavia, spirochete, statistic, treatment
"Community Groups Cooperate to Form Industrial Health Committee"
Tags: community, education, health, industry, infographic, pictorial statistic
"Common Sense Protection, Prophylaxis"
Tags: gas mask, prophylaxis, protect, serviceman
"Cleaning the Windows Through Which Children View the World---"
Tags: children, home, recreation, sex, sex ed, social hygiene
"Chicago Will Control Syphilis"
"You may have your blood test free and confidentially at one of the following stations : Chicago Board of Health, Herman N. Bundesen, Pres."
Tags: blood test, syphilis, syringe
"Chicago Syphilis Control Program, 1937" (Cover)
Tags: city, map, microscopic view, spirochete
"Chances of an Infected Case"
Tags: infographic, man, pictorial statistic, relapse, statistic, syphilis, syringe, treatment
"Cases of Syphilis Traced to One Person in One Year"
Tags: children, infographic, man, pictorial statistic, prostitute, spirochete, syphilis, wife, woman
"Case Finding in Familial Syphilis and Prevention of Congenital Syphilis"
Tags: blood test, congenital syphilis, contacts, family, father, mother, pregnancy, syphilis, treatment
"Blinded by Gonorrhea"
"If the mother has gonorrhea, her child may be blinded at birth :…