'Stamp' Out Tuberculosis: Buy Christmas Seals

'Stamp' Out Tuberculosis: Buy Christmas Seals

Contributor(s):
National Tuberculosis Association
The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection
Publication:
National Tuberculosis Association, 1924
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Tuberculosis
Public Health
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Posters
Slides (photographs)
Abstract:
The image of Santa Claus in this 1924 poster, proudly holding a letter bearing a Christmas Seal, also equates buying the stamp with offering a gift in the popular tradition of the holidays. Borrowing from the commercial advertising technique of sloganeering, and implying that the money used to buy the stamps could lead to elimination of the disease, the message "Stamp out tuberculosis" is included. Stamp buying allowed average people to feel like they were contributing to the voluntary, professional, and governmental effort.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584655X10 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
VCBBBN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X10
Archival Collection:
Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)