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OBJECT TYPE: INSTRUCTIONAL/T.B. AWARENESS
DATE: 1920–1929
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0180.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: SPITTER, THE [TITLE]
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C.1920'S
Canada: AN EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF POSTERS IN THE TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION CAMPAIGN C.1920'S AIMED AT CANADIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Function: A POSTER DESIGNED TO TEACH CANADIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN HOW TUBERCULOSIS CAN BE SPREAD.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: AT TOP OF POSTER IS PRINTED 'THE/ SPITTER'/ ACROSS THE BOTTOM IS 'SPREADS DISEASE'/ PRINTED ON BOTTOM EDGE IS 'Distributed by THE CANADIAN TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION PLAZA BUILDING, OTTAWA'
Missing: N/A
Finish: PAPER OFF-WHITE, BLACK PICTURE & PRINTING
Decoration: A DEATHLY LOOKING MAN IS DRAPED IN FLOWING WINDBLOWN ROBES. HIS CLOAK IDENTIFIES HIM AS 'THE SPITTER'. THE WORDS "SPREADS DISEASES" ARE GIVEN AN OMINOUS LOOK. DARK SHADOWING ADDS TO THE OVERALL FRIGHTENING APPEARANCE.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Poster, between 1920–1929, Artifact no. 1993.0180, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0180.001/

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