How may the sex desire be controlled?...

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number ARTV07570
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 55.9 x 35.4 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description lithograph on card
Maker United States Army
Unknown
Place made United States of America
Date made 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Number nineteen of a series of 20 poster placards produced to educate United States soldiers and sailors about sex hygiene and venereal diseases. The information is presented via a combination of scientific facts and moral instruction. The series are in the form of placards simply designed largely with text accompanied by various photographic illustrations or diagrams. They are printed in black and red on white card. Each framed with a diagonally hatched grey border and a single black border. This placard is titled ' How may the sex desire be controlled? and features two photographs. One of the photographs, positioned upper centre left , shows soldiers reading newspapers and playing billiards. The second photograph, positioned centre right, depicts sailors pushing a giant rubber ball together.

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