Title

Spirochete, Chicago, 1938. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Spirochete, Chicago, 1938. 'The Tribune says: Syphilis Story Well Told in a Good Drama...A dramatic representation of the history, treatment and study of syphilis; staged in the Blackstone Theatre...under the direction of Harry Minturn. By Charles Collins:..a valuable contribution to anti-syphilis propaganda...a dramatic spectacle...before an attentive and responsive audience...[which] presents a mass of material, historical and clinical, related to its subject in a decidedly interesting way, and, although it is largely a lecture illustrated by brief dramatic tableaux, it fulfills the average playgoer's demand for a "good show". The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A04_243

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Keywords

library event health information education arts politics country play playhouse entertainment theatre color design drama show political text location century disease thirties concept std poster performing arts lettering Library of Congress United States of America Colour sexually transmitted disease venereal disease playbill graphic design 1930s 20th century propaganda public health American America USA cultural event New Deal syphilis poster united states Unknown stage show Congressional Library Heritage Art Federal Theatre Project Works Progress Administration Administration Works Progress WPA