Visual Culture and Health Posters

Title:: Fight Tuberculosis with Modern Weapons

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Description:

This poster by famous portrait artist Ernest Hamlin Baker reflects a distinctive 1930s style of illustration. Rays of light, emanating from the double-barred cross emblem of the NTA, illuminate scenes of health personnel working in laboratories and caring for patients. The figures, design, and composition of this poster reflect a modernist style appropriate for the promotion of newly developed scientific solutions to an age-old problem. A series of illustrations described as "modern weapons" in the fight against tuberculosis include a man looking into a microscope, a nurse and doctor monitoring a woman receiving intravenous treatment, a young boy receiving an injection, and an X-ray displayed prominently in the background. As part of the campaign to solicit contributions, the message in the bottom corner of the poster suggests, "Christmas Seals help fight Tuberculosis."

Number of Image Pages:

1 (1,819,910 Bytes)

Date Supplied:

ca. 1935

Creator:

Baker, Ernest Hamlin

Source:

Original Repository: The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.

This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).

URL: http://wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov/

IHM Order Number: C00203

Publisher:

National Tuberculosis Association

Rights:

Reprinted with permission. Copyright 2003 American Lung Association. For more information on how you can support to fight lung disease, the third leading cause of death in the U.S., please contact the American Lung Association.

URL: http://www.lungusa.org/

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Tuberculosis; Public Health

Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:: Tuberculosis

Exhibit Category:

Infectious Disease

Relation:

Protect Them from Tuberculosis (1930)

Unique Identifier:

VCBBBR

Document Type:

Posters

Slides (photographs)

Language:

English

Format:

image/jpeg

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2004-08-19

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