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WPA Posters: Direct to Mum Show, Garfield Park Conservatory
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Poster announcing "Mum show" at the Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago Park District, showing a mum blossom. Date hand-written on verso: 12/31/41.

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WPA Posters: Disaster Broadcast Receivers Can Help The Enemy Sink You : Don't Use Them!
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Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing Japanese and German submarines and planes targeting a ship on the horizon. No. 16.

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WPA Posters: Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where The Americas Meet.
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Poster promoting Puerto Rico for tourism, showing view of park with palm trees. Date stamped on verso: Jul 19 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 194

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WPA Posters: Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where The Americas Meet
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Poster promoting Puerto Rico for tourism, showing view of harbor from Morro Castle. Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1940.

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WPA Posters: Doctor, Lawyer, Merchant, Chief Agree...These Books Are Too Good to Miss!
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Poster promoting reading, showing a doctor, a lawyer, a merchant, and a Native American in headdress. Date hand-written on verso: 12/31/40.

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WPA Posters: Don't Be a Drip! Be Patriotic ... Stop Leaks ... Save Water.
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Poster encouraging people to conserve water. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Philadelphia Council of Defense. Hand-written in pencil on recto: Artist: Charlotte Angus.

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WPA Posters: Don't Fear Cancer Fight It!
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Poster promoting treatment for cancer. Caption continues: Further information may be secured from the United States Public Health Service, Washington, D.C., the American Society for the Control of Cancer, 1250 Sixth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938.

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WPA Posters: Don't Fight Cancer Alone Ask These Agencies For Advice [....]
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Poster encouraging cancer patients to seek information from various agencies, showing a woman holding a caduceus and standing on a crab. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Caption continues: Your state or local medical society - Your state or local health department - Cancer committee or state medical societies - The Women's Field Army of The American Society for the Control of Cancer. U.S. Public Health Service in cooperation with the American Society for Control of Cancer. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 280

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WPA Posters: Don't Jay Walk Watch Your Step.
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Poster encouraging pedestrians to obey the laws, showing a man being hit by an automobile while crossing the street, a policeman stands in the background. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937.

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WPA Posters: Don't Kill Our Wild Life
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Poster showing two deer crossing road in front of approaching car. Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1940. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Poster design attributed to John Wagner. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 171

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WPA Posters: Don't Mix 'em
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Poster showing whiskey bottle, gas pump, and a skull. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 233

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WPA Posters: Dont Tell Him What You Know About .... Troop Concentrations, Departures .... Arrivals
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Poster suggesting careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing a swastika. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Hand-written on recto in pencil: Designed by Russell Kraus - St. Louis, Missouri. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 265

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WPA Posters: Don't Wait - 70% Are Doomed If Treatment of Syphilis is Delayed For 3 Years After The Disease is Contracted Consult a Reputable Physician.
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Poster encouraging persons with syphilis to seek treatment as soon as possible, showing telephone dial. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Promotional goal: U.S. G32. 1937. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 219

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WPA Posters: Don't Waste Water
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Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Sponsored by Philadelphia Council of Defense and the City of Philadelphia Water Bureau. Hand-written on recto in pencil: Artist: Raymond Willcox.

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WPA Posters: Dracula by Hamilton Deane And John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] Two Weeks Only.
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Dracula" at the Mason Opera House, showing a large bat.

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WPA Posters: Drawings
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Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of drawings at the Federal Art Gallery, 1621 Pennsylvania Blvd., Philadelphia, Pa., showing drawing of man. Exhibit loan 3684-L.

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