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WPA Posters: Keep Fit ... Get Your Test Now
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City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two athletes hurdling barriers "malnutrition" and "heart disease" and a third athlete stumbling over the barrier "tuberculosis" on their way to the finish line "good health." Date stamped on verso: Apr 24 1939.

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WPA Posters: Keep It to Yourself Buddy
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Poster suggesting careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing a soldier with a finger to his lips. 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. 263

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WPA Posters: Keep Mum Chum
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Poster suggesting careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing an army cap and a hand sinking in water. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Hand-written on recto in pencil: Designed by William B. Finley. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 274

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WPA Posters: Keep Mum Loose Talk Costs Lives.
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Poster suggesting careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing a train blowing up. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43.

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WPA Posters: Keep Mum - The World Has Ears
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Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing a woman talking on the telephone and a globe with ears eavesdropping.

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WPA Posters: Keep Your Fire Escapes Clear
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Poster for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York advising that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Poster design attributed to Muller. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor - Langdon W. Post, Commissioner - Tenement House Dept. of the City of New York. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 223

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WPA Posters: Keep Your Teeth Clean
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Poster promoting good oral hygiene, showing stylized face, toothbrush and toothpaste. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 19[38]. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 215

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WPA Posters: Keeping Up With Science
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Poster promoting the study of science, showing a microscope, open book, and an eye. Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 176

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WPA Posters: Know The Risks Involved Syphilis is Acquired And Transmitted Largely by Youth : Youth Should Receive Special Attention : Consult a Reputable Physician.
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Poster encouraging examinations for syphilis. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Caption continues: Last year a half-million cases of early syphilis were reported in the United States : 100,000 were under 19 yrs of age : 13,000 were between 11 and 15. Department of Correction, City of New York.

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WPA Posters: Know The World You Live in Free Informal Study Groups : Workers Education Project.
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Poster announcing informal study groups among workers. Date stamped on verso: Jun 16 1937.

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WPA Posters: Know Your City
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Poster for exhibition to promote greater understanding among the public of their city through the presentation of "city planning & housing" information at the Sioux City Art Center, Iowa. Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940.

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WPA Posters: Languages
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Poster promoting occupations in the field of languages, such as language teacher, translator, reporter on foreign language journal, and librarian in foreign department, showing book and globe. Date stamped on verso: Nov 7 1938.

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WPA Posters: Lassen Volcanic National Park, Ranger Naturalist Service
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Poster shows Lassen Peak errupting. Title from item. Caption: Loomis Memorial at Manzanita Lake - lectures, hikes, motor caravans, campfire programs, information. Season late June to mid September.

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WPA Posters: Last Night of Don Juan
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Last Night of Don Juan" at the Musart Theatre (formerly Egan), 1320 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, Calif., showing gondola.

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WPA Posters: Learn More Live More Free Federal Adult Classes in Many Subjects : 225 Teachers - 170 Centers.
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Poster announcing free adult education classes. Date stamped on verso: Oct 14 1937.

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WPA Posters: Learn to Swim Campaign Classes For All Ages Forming in All Pools
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Poster for New York Department of Parks announcing classes forming for swimming lessons, showing African Americans on one side and white children on the other. Date stamped on verso: Jul 22 1940. Poster design by John Wagner.

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WPA Posters: Let Me Do The Talking! Serve in Silence
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Poster encouraging citizens to be mindful of careless talk and to let the military speak for the nation, showing a large cannon. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Issued by the San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 259

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WPA Posters: Let Them Grow
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Poster promoting conservation of flowers as a natural resource. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 149

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