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title: 'Know your score: get a physical check-up at least once a year'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/know-your-score-1944/
description: 'Public-health poster: a man in shirt and tie, drawn in rust-red line, looks up at a card marked ''O.K.'' in his hand.'
section: Collection
---

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# Know your score: get a physical check-up at least once a year

Public-health poster: a man in shirt and tie, drawn in rust-red line, looks up at a card marked 'O.K.' in his hand, against a black brush shape with the headline 'Know your score' and 'get a physical check-up at least once a year'. A boxed insert, 'Bill gets the works', points to a leaflet. The technique is faint; the card shows a reassuring result.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Federal Security Agency
WH25--U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944--O--587515]
O.K.
KNOW
YOUR
SCORE
get a physical check-up
at least once a year
Bill gets the works
* for more information read--
[signature: illegible]
```

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