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The Great Crippler - Syphilis / Jd.

The Great Crippler - Syphilis / Jd.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-12-2009

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• orange
• girl
• great
• syphilis
• crutches
• crippler

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TITLE:  The great crippler - syphilis / JD. CALL NUMBER:  POS - WPA - NY .D03, no. 2 (B size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC2-5368 (color film copy slide) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Poster warning of the dangers to children from syphilis, showing a young girl standing with a crutch. MEDIUM:  1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [New York] : Nassau Co. W.P.A. Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] NOTES: Produced for the town of Hempstead Health Dept. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Syphilis--New York (State)--Hempstead--1930-1940. Children--Health & welfare--New York (State)--Hempstead--1930-1940. FORMAT: Posters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy slide) cph 3f05368 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05368 CONTROL #:  98516349