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Symbolos da liberdade y da humanidade A Crux Vermelha, Mãe de todas as nacões.

Symbolos da liberdade y da humanidade A Crux Vermelha, Mãe de todas as...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Brazil and the United States.

You kept fit and defeated the Hun - now set a high standard, a clean America! Stamp out venereal diseases / / E. Fuhr.

You kept fit and defeated the Hun - now set a high standard, a clean A...

Post-World War I poster promoting health in America, showing a soldier with an eagle perched on his shoulder. No. 21294. Title transcribed from item.

From overseas to you--Hear her story at Chautauqua / Gordon Grant.

From overseas to you--Hear her story at Chautauqua / Gordon Grant.

Poster showing a young woman in a Red Cross uniform. Public domain reproduction of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diphtheria strikes unprotected children Protect your child with toxoid--Toxoid prevents diptheria : Chicago Department of Health.

Diphtheria strikes unprotected children Protect your child with toxoid...

Poster for the Chicago Department of Health, showing a flying disc "Toxoid" preventing a lightning bolt from striking a child.

Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.

Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.

Poster showing a house, city skyscrapers, and smokestacks. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los ... More

Keep fit ... get your test now / Kreger.

Keep fit ... get your test now / Kreger.

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two athletes hurdling barriers "malnutrition" and "heart disease" and a third athlete stumbling over the b... More

The Work Projects Administration is cooperating in the national campaign to stamp out syphilis! Please let us have your help!

The Work Projects Administration is cooperating in the national campai...

Poster encouraging cooperation in eradicating syphilis. Date stamped on verso: May 28 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Tuberculosis Don't kiss me! : Your kiss of affection - the germ of infection / / JD.

Tuberculosis Don't kiss me! : Your kiss of affection - the germ of inf...

Poster about tuberculosis in children and methods of transmission, showing a child wearing a bib. Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administra... More

Your 5 minute breast cancer check

Your 5 minute breast cancer check

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Keep your teeth clean - A poster that says keep your teeth clean

Keep your teeth clean - A poster that says keep your teeth clean

Poster promoting good oral hygiene, showing stylized face, toothbrush and toothpaste. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 19[38]. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 215 M... More

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one cradling in her arms a child on a litter, between the flags of Japan and the United States. Text also in Japanese.

The American ambulance in Russia

The American ambulance in Russia

Poster showing a figure on a galloping horse, carrying a torch, charging between a worker with tools and a warrior in armor with sword and shield. Caption in Russian: "Year 1914," with additional Russian text. ... More

Join the Red Cross and on Christmas eve a candle in every window, a service flag for every home / LN Britton.

Join the Red Cross and on Christmas eve a candle in every window, a se...

Poster showing a Red Cross banner and a candle in a window with a Christmas tree in the background.

Stop cancer now Delay reduces the chance for recovery.

Stop cancer now Delay reduces the chance for recovery.

Poster encouraging early treatment for cancer. Public domain scan of printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lifelong job--the constant protection of their health--The Cook County Public Health Unit / E.S. Reid.

A lifelong job--the constant protection of their health--The Cook Coun...

Poster showing a woman and two children in the rain. Date stamped on verso: Jan 8 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Be wise Don't play with firecrackers : Department of Health, New York City.

Be wise Don't play with firecrackers : Department of Health, New York ...

Poster warning of the dangers of playing with firecrackers, showing the face of a boy with an injured eye. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress... More

Alcohol is a drug : there are 9,000,000 alcohol addicts in America ...

Alcohol is a drug : there are 9,000,000 alcohol addicts in America ...

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

You need only one soap--Ivory soap / the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York.

You need only one soap--Ivory soap / the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti ...

Poster shows a pioneer washing with Ivory soap at his campsite. Copyright 1898 by The Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti, O., U.S.A. Promotional goal: U.S. C26. 1898. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of ... More

Croix Rouge Americaine L'Amitié des États Unis.

Croix Rouge Americaine L'Amitié des États Unis.

Red Cross poster showing the figure of Liberty holding a Red Cross and the American flag. Visa no. 12.

Croix Rouge Americaine L'Amitié des États Unis.

Croix Rouge Americaine L'Amitié des États Unis.

Red Cross poster showing the figure of Liberty holding a Red Cross and the American flag. Visa no. 12.

Fight tuberculosis - obey the rules of health

Fight tuberculosis - obey the rules of health

Poster promoting better health care through the prevention of tuberculosis by better eating and sleeping habits, and more exposure to sunshine.

First steps to usefulness during World War I

First steps to usefulness during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes of men in hospitals recovering from war wounds - "simple designing while still in bed" ; "an American soldier begins again to take an interest in life." Poster caption: Bedsid... More

Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men

Reading and writing are not lost arts to blinded men

Exhibit poster showing military personnel reading Braille and using typewriters. Poster caption: At the Military Hospital for Blinded Men at Baltimore, this soldier is learning to substitute touch for sight in... More

If you knew a day's pay would save a life, would you give one day a month? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.

If you knew a day's pay would save a life, would you give one day a mo...

Poster shows a large red cross. Form N Y 2 - Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Find syphilis Help employees get blood tests.

Find syphilis Help employees get blood tests.

Poster promoting employer-sponsored blood tests for the detection of syphilis, showing a doctor drawing blood from a worker in an industrial setting. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of C... More

As old as creation Syphilis is now curable :Consult your physician / / JD.

As old as creation Syphilis is now curable :Consult your physician / /...

Poster promoting treatment for syphilis, showing dinosaurs. Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Don't fight cancer alone Ask these agencies for advice [....]

Don't fight cancer alone Ask these agencies for advice [....]

Poster encouraging cancer patients to seek information from various agencies, showing a woman holding a caduceus and standing on a crab. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Caption continues: Your state or local... More

Eat fruit - be healthy - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Eat fruit - be healthy - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congres...

Poster promoting proper dietary habits, showing stylized fruit. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Congenital syphilis is preventable If syphilitic mothers will take adequate treatment during the last five months of pregnancy : New York State Department of Health / / Dux.

Congenital syphilis is preventable If syphilitic mothers will take ade...

Poster for New York State Department of Health promoting proper treatment for syphilis for pregnant women, showing woman holding a baby. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Syphilis--Examination results are confidential ...

Syphilis--Examination results are confidential ...

Poster showing a stethoscope, a hand holding a pen, and a padlock. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Health for efficiency Free courses in health education sponsored by Adult Education Project of the Board of Education and the WPA.

Health for efficiency Free courses in health education sponsored by Ad...

Poster for Adult Education Project announcing free courses in health education. Caption continues with course listing: Everyday problems in healthful living ; Family health and family recreation ; Problems of t... More

Milk - for summer thirst - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Milk - for summer thirst - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congr...

Poster for Cleveland Division of Health promoting milk, showing a young man holding a glass of milk with the sun shining in the background. Date stamped on verso: Oct 14 1940. Work Projects Administration Poste... More

The typical alcoholic American

The typical alcoholic American

Picryl description: Public domain image of composite portrait page, or group portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Nurse the baby Your protection against trouble : Inform yourself through the Health Bureau publications and consult your doctor / / K.

Nurse the baby Your protection against trouble : Inform yourself throu...

Poster promoting breast feeding and proper child care, showing mother nursing baby. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhib... More

Syphilis .... six out of ten cured because they did not wait too long

Syphilis .... six out of ten cured because they did not wait too long

Poster promoting early treatment for syphilis, showing cured and sick men. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "W... More

Train to be a nurse's aide Phone your boro Civilian Defense Volunteer Office.

Train to be a nurse's aide Phone your boro Civilian Defense Volunteer ...

Poster encouraging women to become nurses' aides for the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, showing women in civilian dress and nurse's uniforms. Designed by WPA NYC O.P. 165-1-97-56 W.P.I. Work Projects Admini... More

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays [and] radium Do not trust your life to other methods.

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays [and] radium ...

Poster identifying proper treatments for cancer. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

F.E.G. kidney remedy. The newly discovered herb medicine. Sold everywhere / Van.

F.E.G. kidney remedy. The newly discovered herb medicine. Sold everywh...

Patent medicine poster showing "Paul and Virginia," caricatures of an African American couple on a swing.

The Public Health Nurse She answers humanity's call : Your Red Cross membership makes her work possible / / Gordon Grant.

The Public Health Nurse She answers humanity's call : Your Red Cross m...

American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a Public Health nurse on horseback.

Faites préserver vos enfants contre la tuberculose par le vaccin B.C.G.

Faites préserver vos enfants contre la tuberculose par le vaccin B.C.G...

A nurse holding a young child. Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maj. Gregory, Medical Inspection

Maj. Gregory, Medical Inspection

Photograph shows Major Gregory doing health inspections for soldiers, probably at Fort Slocum, a military post on Davids' Island, New Rochelle, New York. Fort Slocum served as a major recruiting station during ... More

Save the Serbians from cholera / Boardman Robinson.

Save the Serbians from cholera / Boardman Robinson.

Poster showing a figure of Death reaching down from storm clouds to menace a devastated populace.

With compass and T-square during World War I

With compass and T-square during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which men with partial arm amputations perform mechanical drafting without the need for prostheses. Poster caption: For one-armed men, mechanical drafting has proved a good ... More

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hospitals as a result of the war.

The Red Cross sees a man through More than 26,000 men are still in hos...

Poster features three photographs of men receiving aid, including letter writing and the projection of images on the ceiling for men who are confined to bed. No. 4.

Miss Ruth Clark, Exhibit Asst. in the U.S. Childrens Bureau

Miss Ruth Clark, Exhibit Asst. in the U.S. Childrens Bureau

Miss Ruth Clark, U.S. Childrens Bureau, Department of Labor, making a poster concerning child health. No. 27457. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress).

More women die of cancer than do men 70 percent of the 35,000 women who die annually of cancer of the breast and uterus could be saved if treated in time.

More women die of cancer than do men 70 percent of the 35,000 women wh...

Poster encouraging women to seek treatment for cancer. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. Public Health Service in cooperation with the... More

Is your child vaccinated Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Department of Health.

Is your child vaccinated Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Depar...

Poster for Chicago Department of Health showing large red question mark. Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Make your health points--get your test now / Kreger.

Make your health points--get your test now / Kreger.

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two girls playing basketball, shooting at hoop "good health." Date stamped on verso: Apr 24 1939. Work Pro... More

The typical drug abuser

The typical drug abuser

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The greatest mother in the world / A. E. Foringer.

The greatest mother in the world / A. E. Foringer.

Poster showing a monumental Red cross nurse cradling a wounded soldier on a stretcher. Form N.Y. 32, Second War Fund. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War... More

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on your care.

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on ...

Poster promoting proper child care, showing a baby picketing. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 297 Forms part of: Work Project... More

Your 5 minute breast cancer check

Your 5 minute breast cancer check

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Syphilis .... six out of ten cured because they did not wait too long

Syphilis .... six out of ten cured because they did not wait too long

Poster promoting early treatment for syphilis, showing cured and sick men. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "W... More

Loyalty to one means loyalty to both / Gordon Grant.

Loyalty to one means loyalty to both / Gordon Grant.

Poster showing two soldiers, one holding an American flag, the other the flag of the Red Cross, and promoting loyalty to both.

Belgian Red Cross / Charles Buchel ; printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.

Belgian Red Cross / Charles Buchel ; printed by Johnson, Riddle & Co.,...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse, with angel wings, tending to a wounded soldier, against backdrop of Belgian flag.

At work again Back to the farm.

At work again Back to the farm.

Exhibit poster showing two scenes "At work again" and "Back to the farm" in which men using "working protheses" perform manual labor in a woodworking shop and on a farm. Poster caption: Physical handicaps are m... More

Good use of time in hospital - Public domain  engraving

Good use of time in hospital - Public domain engraving

Exhibit poster showing a man recovering from war wounds at Walter Reed Hospital learning the craft of engraving. Poster caption: The period of treatment in hospital can be put to good use by men who will be dis... More

Tuberculosis is a "house disease"

Tuberculosis is a "house disease"

Print shows a Native American man in a canoe. Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shame may be fatal If you fear you have contracted a disease don't let false shame destroy health & happiness : Consult a reputable physician.

Shame may be fatal If you fear you have contracted a disease don't let...

Poster encouraging persons with syphilis to seek proper treatment as soon as possible. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA... More

Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood test & examination should be made before marriage by your doctor or Bureau of Social Hygiene Clinic, 51 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island.

Stamp out syphilis Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood t...

Poster encouraging blood tests and examinations for couples prior to marriage. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.

The enemy is syphilis Enlist employees in a campaign against it.

Poster showing man wearing gas mask and men marching. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angel... More

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorders Have your blood tested.

Syphilis may cause heart trouble, blindness, deafness, mental disorder...

Poster promoting blood tests for syphilis. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fight cancer - delay is dangerous Consult your doctor or health bureau.

Fight cancer - delay is dangerous Consult your doctor or health bureau...

Poster promoting better health care through early treatment of cancer, showing a hand holding a sword. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treatment will save many lives : Early cancer can be cured.

Early is the watchword for cancer control Early diagnosis, early treat...

Poster promoting early diagnosis and treatment for cancer, showing a rooster crowing at sunrise. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. Pub... More

Prize-winning poster aids war manpower effort. The War Manpower Commission is using as its seal a prize-winning poster designed by Jewell Phelps, eighteen, of Pittsburgh. Phelps displays a photograph of the seal sent to him along with a letter complimenting him for his "broad conception of the Commission's work." His drawing shows three arms holding implements of labor, industry and agriculture

Prize-winning poster aids war manpower effort. The War Manpower Commis...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Take part in America's crusade against tuberculosis Cook County Public Health Unit.

Take part in America's crusade against tuberculosis Cook County Public...

Poster showing staff with wreath design. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

If you drink a lot of beer, you drink a lot

If you drink a lot of beer, you drink a lot

Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Report dog bites - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Report dog bites - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster for the Cleveland Division of Health encouraging dog bite victims to report dog bites to the proper authorities, showing dog and injured hand. Date stamped on verso: Mar 13 1941. Food and Drug Administra... More

American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / / Lawrence Wilbur.

American Red Cross serves humanity Join! / / Lawrence Wilbur.

American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a large red cross.

Poster - Be a trained nurse - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Be a trained nurse - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a woman in a white uniform opening a door marked "Opportunity." 34-1146-20 G.L. Co.

No longer out of a job during World War I

No longer out of a job during World War I

Exhibit poster showing two scenes in which blind men perform mechanical tasks in workshops. Poster captions: A tin cutter ; A fountain pen maker ; By careful placement work, many disabled men can be assured of ... More

Negative blood during treatment does not mean cure Continue treatment until discharged : New York State Department of Health.

Negative blood during treatment does not mean cure Continue treatment ...

Poster for New York State Department of Health promoting "treatment until discharged," showing a microscope. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Whom have you exposed to syphilis Tell your physician : They should be examined : They may need treatment.

Whom have you exposed to syphilis Tell your physician : They should be...

Poster for New York State Dept. of Health encouraging treatment for syphilis. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Chris... More

Prize-winning poster aids war manpower effort. The War Manpower Commission is using as its seal a prize-winning poster designed by Jewell Phelps, eighteen, of Pittsburgh. Phelps displays a photograph of the seal sent to him along with a letter complimenting him for his "broad conception of the Commission's work." His drawing shows three arms holding implements of labor, industry and agriculture

Prize-winning poster aids war manpower effort. The War Manpower Commis...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Red Cross volunteer nurse's aide--Enroll today as a Red Cross volunteer nurse's aide--Your help can ..

Red Cross volunteer nurse's aide--Enroll today as a Red Cross voluntee...

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Red Cross volunteer nurse's aide, facing right. Promotional goal: U.S. G21.J44 1942 and U.S. F34.G21 WWII. American Association of the Red Cross poster(?). Poster 711.

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on your care.

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on ...

Poster promoting proper child care, showing a baby picketing. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 297 Forms part of: Work Project... More

Fight tuberculosis - obey the rules of health

Fight tuberculosis - obey the rules of health

Poster promoting better health care through the prevention of tuberculosis by better eating and sleeping habits, and more exposure to sunshine.

Obey cancer's danger signals Do not wait for pain : Go to a physician if you have [...] / / Herzog.

Obey cancer's danger signals Do not wait for pain : Go to a physician ...

Poster encouraging early check-ups and treatment for cancer, showing outline of human figure with heart and circulatory system. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Caption continues with a list of six specific w... More

Fighting tuberculosis in the school

Fighting tuberculosis in the school

Print shows a doctor examining a boy. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Association. (Source: National Tuberculosis A... More

Poster - Tuberculosis and childhood - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Tuberculosis and childhood - Public domain lithograph

Print shows the symbol Columbia with children. Public domain scan - children, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Poster - The tuberculosis family - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The tuberculosis family - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a woman holding a baby next to an open window. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Association. (Source: Na... More

Poster - Food and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Food and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a girl with a slice of bread illustrating that a healthy diet keeps tuberculosis away. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the Nationa... More

Gonorrhea causes blindness - arthritis, invalidism and misery It can be prevented and cured : For examination and free pamphlets go to your doctor or Dept. of Health clinic.

Gonorrhea causes blindness - arthritis, invalidism and misery It can b...

Poster for prevention and treatment of gonorrhea showing a knight standing on a serpent. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by St... More

The great crippler - syphilis / JD.

The great crippler - syphilis / JD.

Poster warning of the dangers to children from syphilis, showing a young girl standing with a crutch. Produced for the town of Hempstead Health Dept. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administrat... More

Be clean in everything that concerns your baby

Be clean in everything that concerns your baby

Poster promoting cleanliness and proper child care, showing swan with cygnet. Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 298 Forms part... More

Syphilis False shame and fear may destroy your future : Have your blood tested.

Syphilis False shame and fear may destroy your future : Have your bloo...

Poster for treatment of syphilis, showing a man and a woman bowing their heads in shame. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 299 ... More

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays [and] radium Do not trust your life to other methods.

The only safe weapons against cancer are surgery, x-rays [and] radium ...

Poster identifying proper treatments for cancer. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Keep your teeth clean - A poster that says keep your teeth clean

Keep your teeth clean - A poster that says keep your teeth clean

Poster promoting good oral hygiene, showing stylized face, toothbrush and toothpaste. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 19[38]. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 215 M... More

Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that your man takes it--Ask the Red Cross / / C. F. Chambers.

Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in t...

Poster showing a disabled man with a crutch standing in a doorway looking at landscape beyond, with Red Cross nurse and others in foreground.

Mitbürger! Sammelt leere Mineralwasserflaschen

Mitbürger! Sammelt leere Mineralwasserflaschen

Poster shows a Red Cross nurse giving a wounded soldier a glass of water. Text asks people to collect empty mineral water bottles and donate them to the Red Cross.

The American ambulance in Russia

The American ambulance in Russia

Poster showing soldiers advancing with bayonnets extended. Caption in Russian: "Military 5 1/2 % bonds." Poster has been trimmed and pasted into irregular shape. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas las naciones.

Emblemas de la libertad y de la humanidad La Cruz Roja, Madre de todas...

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of Nicaragua and the United States.

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Emblems of liberty and humanity The Red Cross, mother of all nations.

Poster showing two Red Cross nurses, one, a Madonna figure, cradling in her arms a wounded soldier(?) on a litter, between the flags of China and the United States. Text also in Chinese.

For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid of the French Red Cross / Forestier ; W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press, Stamford Street, London, S.E.

For the French Red Cross. Please help. July 14. France's day, in aid o...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse with arms extended, as others tend to wounded soldiers, under the flags of France and the Red Cross.

Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg.

Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg.

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding a wounded soldier as she signals for help. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

The disabled man who is profitably employed is no longer handicapped

The disabled man who is profitably employed is no longer handicapped

Exhibit poster, text only, calling for the extension of veterans benefits to all injured and disabled citizens. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind.

Back home during World War I

Back home during World War I

Exhibit poster showing a disabled veteran in a field with his wife. Poster caption: After giving both arms in service this French lieutenant cheerfully carries on his farming. He is here returning from the fiel... More

Junior Red Cross Comrades all / / Karl E. Johnson.

Junior Red Cross Comrades all / / Karl E. Johnson.

Poster showing a Junior Red Cross worker standing with two young boys.

Poster - Outdoor play and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Outdoor play and tuberculosis - Public domain lithograph

Print shows a girl sitting by a window watching children playing outdoors. Part of a set of posters for a Modern Health Crusade exhibit that were available for purchase from the National Child Welfare Associat... More

John is not really dull - he may only need his eyes examined

John is not really dull - he may only need his eyes examined

Poster recommending eye examinations for children having difficulty learning, showing a woman holding an eye chart(?) in front of a boy reading a book.

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