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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
National Tuberculosis Association collection of prints and ephemera
- Description
- A collection of four items, dating approximately 1939 to 1945, published by the National Tuberculosis Association as part of an educational public health campaign for the early diagnosis of tuberculosis in the United States. The promotional materials reference being paid for by the Christmas Seals program and include images of the program's double-barred red cross emblem. The first item is double-sided and features a blank letterhead for the 16th Annual Educational Campaign for the Early Diagnosis of Tuberculosis. The letterhead includes a red-and-black vignette of four men in profile with varying attire representing the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard above a detail of a chest X-ray. Text below their image reads, "They had chest X-rays, get yours. Tuberculosis is preventable." Verso of item is a red-and-black informational print reading, "Follow the example of the armed forces. Get a chest X-ray. Tuberculosis is preventable - curable." Print includes black-and-white photographs, including a group photograph of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in line to receive a chest X-ray. The second item is a red-and-black poster featuring profiles of a man and woman above text that reads, "Chest X-ray. In war - a patriotic duty. In peace - plain common sense." The third item is a blank letterhead for the 17th Annual Educational Campaign. The left of the letterhead features a black-and-red vignette with a split-face graphic of two profiles, one of a man in a military helmet against a profile of an allegorical woman wearing a wreath. Text below the profiles states, "In war, a patriotic duty, in peace, plain common sense. Get your chest X-ray now." The fourth item is double-sided and includes a description for "Four lessons on tuberculosis" and instructions on building an educational exhibit.
