Almost! VD
Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Publication:

[S.l. : s.n., 1946?]

 

Language(s):

English

 

Format:

Still image

 

Subject(s):

Military Personnel

Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- epidemiology

 

Genre(s):

Posters

 

Abstract:

Color poster with black and white lettering. One of a series of posters warning of the dangers of VD for soldiers returning from WWII. A sailor stands on a wharf, his back to the viewer and next to a trunk and a package. He watches a liner sail at sunset. An oversized translucent white hand with the letters "VD" set in the opened palm looms between the sailor and the ship. The poster is signed by Schiffers.

 

Extent:

1 poster : 58 x 41 cm.

 

Provenance:

Purchase; February 1999.

 

Technique:

color

 

NLM Unique ID:

101451542

 

NLM Image ID:

C01315

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101451542