Visual Culture and Health Posters
- Title:
- Juke Joint Sniper
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- Description:
- Posters associating women with venereal disease frequently appealed to the viewing soldier by using illustrations of attractive or available women. In this 1942 poster by Feree, a striking blonde woman lights up a cigarette in front of a bar. Standing alone, the image does not necessarily communicate a negative message. The headline, however, makes it clear that this is a warning-this is not just any woman, she is a dangerous threat, indicated by the military-inspired epithet "Juke Joint Sniper." In this poster and many others, the "pick up girl" is labeled as the source of syphilis and gonorrhea. Reflecting the persistence of sexual taboos, however, the association is made without being overly explicit.
- NOTE: Original is slightly blurry.
- Number of Image Pages:
- 1 (648,689 Bytes)
- Date:
- 1942
- Creator:
- [Feree]
- 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).
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- IHM Order Number: A025385
- Publisher:
- Unknown Organization
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- Subject:
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- Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Women
- Public Health
- Visual Culture and Public Health Keywords:
- Venereal Disease
- Exhibit Category:
- Infectious Disease
- Relation:
She May Be a Bag of Trouble (1940)
- Easy to Get. . . (1940)
- Venereal Disease Covers the Earth (1940)
- She May Look Clean--But [ca. 1940]
- Unique Identifier:
- VCBBBZ
- Document Type:
- Posters
- Slides (photographs)
- Language:
- English
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- image/tif
- Physical Condition:
- Good
- Metadata Last Modified Date:
- 2004-08-13
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