The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948.

Date:
1948
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580225i
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The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1948 ([Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Government Printing Office)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 51 x 38.1 cm

Lettering

VD. Don't pick it up Bears device of U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel, and number: NAVPERS 11051 VD-8 Bears printer's number: U.S. Government Printing Office 1948-O-785112

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Wellcome Collection 580225i

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