Poliomyelitis: advertisement for vaccination of children against polio with Sabin vaccine. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.

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[1964?]
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659661i
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Poliomyelitis: advertisement for vaccination of children against polio with Sabin vaccine. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Left, reproduction of watercolour of a smiling infant in colour with (above) vaccine ready on a spoon, with the comment "È facile, adesso, proteggere tuo figlio. Vaccinazione antipolio" (It is now easy to protect your child. Polio vaccination). Right, reproduction of black and white photograph of a boy with crutches and leg-braces, with the comment "Basta! Nessuna attenuante per i genitori che si sostraggono al loro dovere!" (Enough! No excuse for parents who fail in their duty")

Publication/Creation

[Italy] : Ministero della Sanità : Lega italiana per la lotta contro la poliomielite, [1964?] (Spoleto : S.p.a. Arti Grafiche Panetto e Petrelli)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 49.8 x 70 cm

Lettering

Debellare la poliomielite. Il vaccino antipolio Sabin viene somministrato per bocca. È facile, adesso, proteggere tuo figlio. Vaccinazione antipolio. Basta! Nessuna attenuante per i genitori che si sostraggono al loro dovere! Bears device of Italian ministry of health (a star and a Maltese cross within a wreath, with legend "Repubblica italiana") and device of the Lega italiana per la lotta contro la poliomielite (a cross with three crossbars)

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Wellcome Collection 659661i

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