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Tuberculosis Undiscovered Endangers You

Discover the Unknown Spreaders!
National Tuberculosis Association, United States, ca. 1940.
Photomechanical print: color; 28 x 39 cm.

A father reads the newspaper in his armchair as his happy family gathers round—oblivious to the dangers of contagious tuberculosis carried by the dense mass of people behind them.

Reprinted with permission ©2007 American Lung Association.


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