# US public health posters, 1917–1967

207 sheets from the FRAME snapshot, dated 1917 to 1967, on venereal disease, malaria, tuberculosis, sanitation, nutrition, blood donation and medical aid. Most were issued by federal offices for Americans; the rest were printed by U.S. agencies for readers in Nicaragua, Asia and the Middle East. Cards run in date order.

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  207 sheets from the FRAME snapshot, dated 1917 to 1967, on venereal disease, malaria, tuberculosis, sanitation, nutrition, blood donation and medical aid. Most were issued by federal offices for Americans; the rest were printed by U.S. agencies for readers in Nicaragua, Asia and the Middle East. Cards run in date order.

Every card here is a health sheet whose maker line names a U.S. government office, carries a Government Printing Office imprint, or sits in a National Archives series the archive credits to a U.S. agency. By issuer: the Public Health Service and its parent, the Federal Security Agency, 57; the U.S. Information Agency and its State Department predecessors, 30; the Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) in Saigon, 27; the Department of Agriculture and the War Food Administration, 20; sheets that name no issuing office, most with a Government Printing Office imprint, 16; the Army and War Department, 12; the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and other Navy offices, 12; the Office of War Information and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, 7; the Inter-American cooperative public health service in Nicaragua, 6; and the Labor Department's Children's Bureau and Women's Bureau, 5.

Two private bodies are in the grid on purpose, and they are counted separately: the American Social Hygiene Association, 9 sheets, and the American Red Cross, 6. All fifteen sit in the same National Archives file as the federal sheets, Record Group 44, and three of the four blood and plasma sheets in the grid are the Red Cross's. Neither body is a federal office, and the cards name each by its real maker.

The years are lopsided. 145 of the 207 cards are dated 1941 to 1946, the Second World War and its first year of peace. Before that the snapshot holds only two 1917 Agriculture notices and three Children's Bureau posture charts. From 1952 on, every card was printed for readers outside the United States. Most sheets have no date more exact than a year; the line under each title is the date and identifier the archive gives, and the National Archives sheets of the war years are dated by the archive, not always by a printed imprint.

Where this site has an essay, the card opens it. Otherwise it opens the FRAME record. Left out: recruiting posters for nurses and other services, Army and Navy safety and conservation posters, the 1952 germ-warfare rebuttal posters (an argument about a charge, not health advice; the Korean edition has its own page), newspaper cartoons, commercial advertisements, and Vietnamese health sheets that the records credit only to the South Vietnamese government. The reasons are on the hub page, US public health messaging, 1917–1969.

  United StatesKeep Tuberculosis Out of Your Swine1917 · NAID 512439United StatesKill the Rat! The Most Destructive and Dangerous of Animal Pests1917 · NAID 512439United StatesPosture standards. Intermediate-type boys1926 · NAID 515198; Record Group 44United StatesPosture standards. Stocky-type boys1926 · NAID 515197; Record Group 44United StatesPosition of skeleton in good and in poor posture1939 · NAID 515194; Record Group 44United StatesA blood test and examination protects your health and family1941 · NAID 513715; Record Group 44United StatesA blood test for everyone: the only sure check1941 · NAID 513716; Record Group 44United StatesBetter health through FSA1941 · NAID 513960; Record Group 44United StatesBoth of these men had Syphilis1941 · NAID 513979; Record Group 44United StatesBoys, your sweetheart, your wife or your parents may never know it if you contract a venereal disease1941 · NAID 513985; Record Group 44United StatesBuild out rats1941 · NAID 513987; Record Group 44United StatesCancer danger signals1941 · NAID 514028; Record Group 44United StatesCancer: early diagnosis would save 50,000 lives every year1941 · NAID 514027; Record Group 44United StatesDiseases of youth1941 · NAID 514117; Record Group 44United StatesEat the right food: America needs you strong1941 · NAID 514200; Record Group 44United StatesEnemy Agent1941 · NAID 514208; Record Group 44United StatesExterminate the Fly!1941 · NAID 514233; Record Group 44United StatesFor health...eat some food from each group...every day!1941 · NAID 514287; Record Group 44United StatesFor health...eat some food from each group...every day!1941 · NAID 514288; Record Group 44United StatesFrom Time Immemorial: Venereal Disease Rates Have Risen Alarmingly During Wars1941 · NAID 514338; Record Group 44United StatesGive your blood to save a life1941 · NAID 514403; Record Group 44United StatesHealth is a patriotic duty. Keep fit.1941 · NAID 514451; Record Group 44United StatesLearn to keep your family strong & healthy - Join a Red Cross nutrition class1941 · NAID 514847; Record Group 44United StatesJust by keeping well you can help win this war1941 · NAID 514753; Record Group 44United StatesKnow for sure, get a blood test for syphilis1941 · NAID 514834; Record Group 44United StatesKnow for sure, get blood tests before marriage1941 · NAID 514833; Record Group 44United StatesLine up! Home nursing class: the nation's power ... a healthy home!1941 · NAID 514898; Record Group 44United StatesYour community can sponsor a school lunch program for its children1941 · NAID 514939; Record Group 44United StatesMake our men as fit as our machines: regular physical check-ups with blood tests1941 · NAID 514958; Record Group 44United StatesMothers of Men - Build strong bodies - Nutrition and canteen classes1941 · NAID 515030; Record Group 44United StatesNo home remedy ever cured gonorrhea1941 · NAID 515075; Record Group 44United StatesNo home remedy or quack ever cured syphilis or gonorrhea1941 · NAID 515076; Record Group 44United StatesNow dedicate your blood to a man overseas!1941 · NAID 515088; Record Group 44United StatesOnly x-ray-radium-surgery-ever cured cancer1941 · NAID 515128; Record Group 44United StatesSaboteuse1941 · NAID 515323; Record Group 44United StatesSmash the prostitution racket1941 · NAID 515431; Record Group 44United StatesThere's danger when people tire too easily, when minds are slow to think, when bodies can't fight disease1941 · NAID 514947; Record Group 44United StatesThese build strength: meals that are ample, well prepared, rich in protective foods1941 · NAID 514946; Record Group 44United StatesYour community can use many ways to teach family food needs1941 · NAID 514942; Record Group 44United StatesClean dry clothes keep him on the job1942 · NAID 514795; Record Group 44United StatesDental care keeps him on the job1942 · NAID 514788; Record Group 44United StatesFoods that count keep him on the job1942 · NAID 514787; Record Group 44United StatesFun, off the job keeps him on the job1942 · NAID 514789; Record Group 44United StatesGet the Good... from vegetables (wash, keep cool, cut)1942 · NAID 514363; Record Group 44United StatesHealthy skin keeps him on the job1942 · NAID 514790; Record Group 44United StatesHis mask keeps him on the job1942 · NAID 514791; Record Group 44United StatesImmunization saves lives1942 · NAID 514611; Record Group 44United StatesLife history of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium vivax) in man and the Anopheles mosquito1942 · NAID 514892; Record Group 44United StatesMilk and eggs - Nature's food1942 · NAID 514745; Record Group 44United StatesPlenty of sleep keeps him on the job1942 · NAID 514792; Record Group 44United StatesProduce - Store (Little Exhibits, Nutrition, Set Two, Sheet 2)1942 · NAID 515246; Record Group 44United StatesRegular check ups keep him on the job1942 · NAID 514793; Record Group 44United StatesSafety first keeps him on the job1942 · NAID 514794; Record Group 44United StatesStill at the top of the sick list1942 · NAID 515490; Record Group 44United StatesAvoid Fatigue - Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch!1943 · NAID 513896; Record Group 44United StatesDust paris green on swamps and ponds1943 · NAID 514972; Record Group 44United StatesEasy to Get... Syphilis and Gonorrhea1943 · NAID 513617; Record Group 44United StatesEat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 1 (green and yellow vegetables)1943 · NAID 514191; Record Group 44United StatesEat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 2 (citrus, tomatoes, raw greens)1943 · NAID 514192; Record Group 44United StatesEat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 3 (potatoes, other vegetables and fruits)1943 · NAID 514193; Record Group 44United StatesEat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 4 (milk and milk products)1943 · NAID 514194; Record Group 44United StatesEat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 5 (meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans)1943 · NAID 514195; Record Group 44United StatesFacts about Group 6: Eat a lunch that packs a punch1943 · NAID 514196; Record Group 44United StatesFacts about Group 7: Eat a lunch that packs a punch1943 · NAID 514197; Record Group 44United StatesEat the Basic 7... every day! Eat a lunch that packs a punch!1943 · NAID 514199; Record Group 44United StatesFight Mosquitoes at Home: Spray, Screen, Cover Cracks1943 · NAID 514248; Record Group 44United StatesFight... Syphilis and Gonorrhea1943 · NAID 514250; Record Group 44United StatesFor their sake... Avoid venereal disease1943 · NAID 514305; Record Group 44United StatesGet acquainted with soya flour and grits1943 · NAID 515457; Record Group 44United StatesGood food means good work: Eat the basic 7 every day!1943 · NAID 514413; Record Group 44United StatesGuard against tuberculosis, have your picture taken1943 · NAID 514425; Record Group 44United StatesGuard your family's health! Learn about the new wartime foods in a nutrition class1943 · NAID 513829; Record Group 44United StatesHealth wanted: have your chest x-rayed, find TB early1943 · NAID 514453; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job - Gets her Beauty Sleep1943 · NAID 514682; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job - Keeps fresh as a daisy1943 · NAID 514681; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job - Has her fun after work1943 · NAID 514680; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job - Lifts weight the easy way1943 · NAID 514678; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job - Steps ahead with Low Heels1943 · NAID 514679; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job - Eats man size Meals1943 · NAID 514683; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job says: Home was never like this! Let's keep OUR rest room clean!1943 · NAID 514677; Record Group 44United StatesJenny on the job: wears styles designed for Victory1943 · NAID 514684; Record Group 44United StatesKeep out malaria mosquitoes, repair your torn screens1943 · NAID 514806; Record Group 44United StatesLives saved by plasma1943 · NAID 514903; Record Group 44United StatesMosquito proof your home1943 · NAID 514968; Record Group 44United StatesHelp me win my victory!! Join the March of Dimes!1943 · NAID 535594; NAID 535617United States"A well fed nation is a fighting nation"1943 · NAID 535602United StatesProtect yourself mosquito proof your home1943 · NAID 514971; Record Group 44United StatesSaboteur (Combat the rat)1943 · NAID 515320; Record Group 44United StatesSafe water on the farm1943 · NAID 515326; Record Group 44United StatesSee your doctor for proper treatment for malaria1943 · NAID 514973; Record Group 44United StatesShe May Look Clean—But1943 · NARA 513618United StatesSneaky and the Professor1943 · NAID 515440; Record Group 44United StatesSpray to kill malaria mosquitoes hide in your home1943 · NAID 514970; Record Group 44United StatesMétodos Preventivos Contra el Paludismo1943 · Record Group 44United StatesNacimiento y Desarrollo del Zancudo1943 · Record Group 44United States'El Paludismo es Transmitido por Zancudos' [Malaria Is Transmitted by Mosquitoes] (El Paludismo Transmitido Zancudos)1943 · NAID 44268211; Record Group 44United StatesSe Puede Curar de Paludismo y Proteger a su Familia [Malaria Can Be Cured and Your Family Protected]1943 · NAID 44268217; Record Group 44United StatesSíntomas del Paludismo [Symptoms of Malaria]1943 · NAID 44268213; Record Group 44United StatesEl Paludismo [Malaria] (Nicaragua health poster)1943 · Record Group 44United StatesDr. Charles Richard Drew, M.D., C.M., Med. D.Sc. (profile sheet)1943 · NAID 535594; NAID 535693; Record Group 208United StatesAfter, never give a germ a break!1944 · NAID 513755; Record Group 44United StatesAre You a Mosquito Breeder?1944 · NAID 513877; Record Group 44United StatesBe kind to your stomach1944 · NAID 513928; Record Group 44United StatesBeat the skin game1944 · NAID 513942; Record Group 44United StatesBefore, never give a germ a break!1944 · NAID 513944; Record Group 44United StatesBeware... Drink only approved water1944 · NAID 513965; Record Group 44United StatesBeware of carbon monoxide1944 · NAID 513966; Record Group 44United StatesCorrect pick-up, avoid hernia1944 · NAID 514086; Record Group 44United StatesCover coughs, cover sneezes. Never give a germ a break!1944 · NAID 514081; Record Group 44United StatesDon't be a dummy... avoid malaria!1944 · NAID 514128; Record Group 44United StatesDon't be your own doctor! If you're sick - report sick1944 · NAID 514133; Record Group 44United StatesDon't feed rats1944 · NAID 514141; Record Group 44United StatesDon't gamble with appendicitis1944 · NAID 514142; Record Group 44United StatesDon't go to bed with a malaria mosquito1944 · NAID 514146; Record Group 44United StatesDon't let lice make a monkey out of you!1944 · NAID 514159; Record Group 44United StatesEnemies both! It's your job to help eliminate them1944 · NAID 514207; Record Group 44United StatesEvery child needs a good school lunch1944 · NAID 514223; Record Group 44United StatesFight the Peril Behind the Lines1944 · NAID 514251; Record Group 44United StatesGive 'em hell! Use your spray on malaria mosquitoes1944 · NAID 514379; Record Group 44United StatesHandle With Care1944 · NAID 514295; Record Group 44United StatesHealth Tips to Women War Workers1944 · NAID 514452; Record Group 44United StatesHow long will this war last? Fight the peril behind the lines1944 · NAID 514537; Record Group 44United StatesI should have gone to the pro station1944 · NAID 514564; Record Group 44United StatesIs your organization prepared to fight both enemies?1944 · NAID 514636; Record Group 44United StatesIt's worth repeating: Really, you shouldn't!1944 · NAID 514662; Record Group 44United StatesIt's an old American custom: keep clean. Take a bath every day you can1944 · NAID 514650; Record Group 44United StatesKeep These Cold1944 · NAID 514293; Record Group 44United StatesKeep These Under Cover1944 · NAID 514294; Record Group 44United StatesKnow your score: get a physical check-up at least once a year1944 · NAID 514841; Record Group 44United StatesLet's See!1944 · NAID 514884; Record Group 44United StatesLiberty Pass1944 · NAID 514890; Record Group 44United StatesLightning can strike twice1944 · NAID 514897; Record Group 44United StatesMalaria Warning1944 · NAID 514975; Record Group 44United StatesMan-Made Malaria1944 · NAID 514974; Record Group 44United StatesMovies tonite? Keep covered during the show and use repellent1944 · NAID 515032; Record Group 44United StatesNice going men... Looks like a perfect score today!1944 · NAID 515069; Record Group 44United StatesNight Shift1944 · NAID 515070; Record Group 44United StatesNow, what was I supposed to remember?1944 · NAID 515092; Record Group 44United StatesPlease be careful1944 · NAID 515184; Record Group 44United StatesPrevent malaria. Shorten the war1944 · NAID 515214; Record Group 44United StatesProstitution spreads syphilis and gonorrhea1944 · NAID 515252; Record Group 44United StatesSee your dentist1944 · NAID 515370; Record Group 44United StatesFor work, for play, 3 squares a day1944 · NAID 514312; Record Group 44United StatesUse a Fork - Don't Be a Butterfinger1944 · NAID 514292; Record Group 44United StatesWash every piece carefully ... for our patrons' health1944 · NAID 514296; Record Group 44United StatesWash Your Hands Often1944 · NAID 514291; Record Group 44United StatesDon't wreck it! It's your latrine1945 · NAID 514183; Record Group 44United StatesA sailor doesn't have to prove he's a man! Remember: there's no medicine for regret1945 · NAID 513740; Record Group 44United StatesDon't Strip Tease for Anopheles1946 · NAID 514166; Record Group 44United StatesPenicillin for Gonorrhea works 95 times out of 1001946 · NAID 515171; Record Group 44United StatesHealth Poster #4 (Latrine): Clean and Safe Latrine (Burmese poster distributed in Burma)July 9, 1952 · NAID 5729967; Record Group 306United States技術援助を受けて各国は、国民の健康を増進し維持することが出来る。 (Receiving technical assistance, countries can improve and maintain their people's health) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #10)September 14, 1953 · NAID 5730112; Record Group 306United Statesよりよい方法で病気と戦うために、現地の人々を訓練する事が出来る。 (To fight disease by better methods, local people can be trained) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #11)September 14, 1953 · NAID 5730113; Record Group 306United Statesワクチンの新製造法によつて、家畜は、恐ろしい牛疫から護られる。 (Through a new method of making vaccine, livestock are protected from the dreaded rinderpest) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #7)September 14, 1953 · NAID 5730109; Record Group 306United Statesマラリヤを駆逐し、不毛の土地を沃野に。 (Drive out malaria and turn barren land into fertile fields) (Japanese poster distributed in Asia, U.N. Day Poster #8)September 14, 1953 · NAID 5730110; Record Group 306United StatesOperation Freedom small poster 224a: medical care aboard ship (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)August 26, 1954 · NAID 6949136; Record Group 306United StatesOperation Brotherhood poster, sheet 1 of 4 (English poster distributed in Manila)September 14, 1955 · NAID 6949054; Record Group 306United StatesOperation Brotherhood poster, sheet 2 of 4 (English poster distributed in Manila)September 14, 1955 · NAID 6949055; Record Group 306United StatesOperation Brotherhood poster, sheet 3 of 4 (English poster distributed in Manila)September 14, 1955 · NAID 6949056; Record Group 306United StatesBe Wise Save Your Eyes, Sight-Saving Week poster (English poster distributed in Manila)July 16, 1956 · NAID 6948937; Record Group 306United StatesDanger! Kill This Fly - Flies Carry Disease (Arabic poster distributed in Amman)February 7, 1957 · NAID 6948735; Record Group 306United StatesDestroy the Insects That Carry Disease (Arabic poster distributed in Amman)February 19, 1957 · NAID 6948737; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk gift poster, Ceylon (English poster distributed in Colombo)March 28, 1957 · NAID 5051202; NAID 6948965; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk gift poster, Ceylon (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)March 28, 1957 · NAID 5051202; NAID 6948966; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk gift poster, Ceylon (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)March 28, 1957 · NAID 5051202; NAID 6948967; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk gift poster, 13,000 tons (English poster distributed in the Philippines)January 15, 1958 · NAID 6948968; Record Group 306United StatesChitra Katha photo poster No. 34: Worldwide campaign to destroy mosquitoes (Bengali photo poster distributed in Dacca)March 13, 1958 · NAID 6948814; Record Group 306United StatesWall News poster No. 57, malaria campaign (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)July 10, 1958 · NAID 6948872; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk gift poster, 15,000 tons (English poster distributed in Manila)November 24, 1958 · NAID 6948972; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk poster, cow diagram (English poster distributed in Colombo)March 23, 1959 · NAID 6948969; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk poster, Tamil edition (Tamil poster distributed in Colombo)March 23, 1959 · NAID 6948971; Record Group 306United StatesCARE milk poster, Sinhalese edition (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)April 10, 1959 · NAID 6948970; Record Group 306United StatesThe Health of the Mother-to-be and her Unborn Child Depends on Good Food and Rest (Arabic poster distributed in Amman)May 5, 1959 · NAID 6948736; Record Group 306United StatesBarrio Health and National Progress poster (English poster distributed in Manila)July 2, 1964 · NAID 6949250; Record Group 306United StatesAlianza para el Progreso poster 409b, public health (Spanish poster distributed in Mexico City)July 27, 1964 · NAID 6949337; Record Group 306United StatesLong An Public Health Service poster, No. 394 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)November 12, 1964 · NAID 6949320; Record Group 306United StatesProject Concern in Vietnam poster, No. 352 (Vietnamese, Saigon)December 9, 1964 · NAID 6949277; Record Group 306United StatesCứu giúp một kẻ thù bại trận; Giúp đỡ một người bạn trẻ (Aid for a Fallen Foe; Aid for a Young Friend)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesCholera1965 · NAID 561393United StatesCác bệnh do phân: phòng bệnh (Diseases Caused by Feces: Prevention)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesĐừng khạc nhổ (Do Not Spit)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesEvolution in South Vietnam: Public Health1965 · NAID 561393United StatesEvolution in South Vietnam: Public Health and Housing1965 · NAID 561393United StatesHappy Cham Mother Bathing Her Baby1965 · NAID 561393United StatesA Happy Healthy Child Bathes Daily With Soap1965 · NAID 561393United StatesHealthy Foodstuffs (Foods That Nourish the Body)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesInternational Cooperation for Health1965 · NAID 561393United StatesĐoàn y tế Batư đến hoạt động tại Kiến Hòa (Iranian Medical Team Comes to Kien Hoa)1965 · NAID 561393United States'Lip Mending' Program at Quang Tri Hospital1965 · NAID 561393United StatesNgười Đại Hàn đã đến để phục vụ! (Koreans Have Come to Serve!)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesSome Activities of the Public Health Service at Vinh Binh1965 · NAID 561393United StatesĐoàn y tế Tây Ban Nha phục vụ đồng bào Gò Công (A Spanish Medical Team Serves the People of Go Cong)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesSpread of Diseases1965 · NAID 561393United StatesTình bạn (Friendship)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesTuberculosis1965 · NAID 561393United StatesTuberculosis: Prevention (Bệnh Ho Lao: Phòng Bệnh)1965 · NAID 561393United StatesHealth Means Happiness poster, No. 349 (Thai, Bangkok)February 2, 1965 · NAID 6949274; Record Group 306United StatesHome Economics poster, No. 350 (Lao, Vientiane)February 2, 1965 · NAID 6949275; Record Group 306United StatesTay Ninh Countryside Today, health poster 405 (Vietnamese poster distributed in Saigon)April 22, 1965 · NAID 6949331; Record Group 306United StatesMột nghĩa cử cao đẹp của nhân dân thành phố San Angelo Hoa Kỳ (A Gesture of the American People from the City of San Angelo, Texas)1966 · NAID 561393United StatesBringing Welfare to the People and Eliminating Illiteracy and Disease1966 · NAID 561393United StatesSanitation Campaign in Gia Dinh Province1966 · NAID 561393United StatesHoạt động của Phái đoàn Y-tế Đại-Hàn tại Phú-Bổn (Activities of the Korean Medical Mission at Phu Bon)1966 · NAID 561393United StatesKoreans Build Medical and Social Centers1966 · NAID 561393United StatesNụ cười đầu tiên của em Lê Thị Cam (Little Le Thi Cam's First Smile)1966 · NAID 561393United StatesRepublic of Korea Medical Team Work in Phu YenAugust 1966 · NAID 561393United StatesY-học phục-vụ nhân-sinh (A Medical Study of Service to the People)1967 · NAID 561393

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