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不要随地吐痰 (Please Don't Spit on the Ground), ca. 1965

不要随地吐痰 (Please Don't Spit on the Ground), Shengyang Branch of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association of China and the TB Hospital of Shengyang, ca. 1965

Many public health posters featured children to educate other children on good health and hygiene habits. This anti-TB poster shows a girl in a uniform holding a loudspeaker in one hand and a white triangle flag in the other hand. The smaller poster images instruct people to spit into spittoons and paper.


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