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United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel

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  • An American sailor sits disconsolately in his pyjamas, regretting his infection with a venereal disease incurable with penicillin. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.
  • The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948.
  • An American sailor sitting on a hospital bed, prevented by venereal disease from joining his ship. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.
  • A woman wearing a sandwich-board inscribed "I've got VD", showing the absurdity of the assumption that a woman would not pass on a venereal infection to an American sailor. Colour lithograph, 1948.
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    A woman wearing a sandwich-board inscribed "I've got VD", showing the absurdity of the assumption that a woman would not pass on a venereal infection to an American sailor. Colour lithograph, 1948.

    | Date: 1948 | Reference: 580227i
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    An American sailor sitting on a hospital bed, prevented by venereal disease from joining his ship. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

    | Date: [1948?] | Reference: 580226i
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    An American sailor sits disconsolately in his pyjamas, regretting his infection with a venereal disease incurable with penicillin. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

    | Date: [1948?] | Reference: 580287i
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    The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948.

    | Date: 1948 | Reference: 580225i
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