From Time Immemorial: Venereal Disease Rates Have Risen Alarmingly During Wars
Line chart of venereal disease rates from 1840 to 1940, with peaks labelled for the Mexican, Civil, Spanish American and World wars, over a photograph of marching soldiers. The headline says rates 'Have Risen Alarmingly During Wars'. The tell is the alarm wording on a selective chart, a fear-appeal; the footer text states the World War I rate was the lowest to that date.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Social Hygiene Association
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
American Social Hygiene Association. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-844 (NAID 514338).
Text on the object
FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL Venereal Disease Rates Have Risen Alarmingly During Wars MEXICAN WAR CIVIL WAR SPANISH AMERICAN WAR WORLD WAR 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 In World War I the Army's venereal disease rate was the lowest in its history to that time. The all-time low was reached in 1939, after which the trend was upward. AMERICAN SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION 1790 BROADWAY, N. Y. CITY, N. Y. POSTER NO. 2
