Title:

Easy to Get. . .

Creator:

Casa, Charles

Date:

1940

Description:

This 1940 Charles Casa illustration of a prostitute leaning against a brick wall on a deserted street corner uses boldly contrasting colors to accent its message. The title, "Easy to get," refers to both the woman and the disease. The contrast of yellow on red background and the suggestiveness of the image and text are both used to catch the attention of the viewer while ultimately challenging the soldiers' correlation between sexually available women and good times.. NOTE: Slide of original poster image is blurry.

Publisher:

U.S. Government Printing Service

Original Repository:

The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Posters
Slides (photographs)

Subject:

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Women, and Public Health

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Juke Joint Sniper, 1942
She May Be a Bag of Trouble, 1940
Venereal Disease Covers the Earth, 1940
She May Look Clean--But, 1940

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection. 11611. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. A025559

Legacy ID:

VCBBCC

NLM ID:

101584655X22

Profiles Collection:

Visual Culture and Health Posters

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X22

Story Section:

Infectious Disease