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title: Posture standards. Stocky-type boys
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/posture-standards-stocky-boys-1926/
description: 'Health-education chart for stocky-type boys: four dark side-view silhouettes lettered A to D and graded Excellent, Good, Poor and Bad.'
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# Posture standards. Stocky-type boys

Health-education chart for stocky-type boys: four dark side-view silhouettes lettered A to D and graded Excellent, Good, Poor and Bad, each over a boxed list of four body points (head, chest, abdomen, back curve). The technique is faint here; the graded value labels carry the persuasion beside a plain descriptive scale.

## 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

```
POSTURE STANDARDS
Stocky-Type Boys
Excellent Good Poor Bad
A
B
C
D
EXCELLENT POSTURE
1. Head up-chin in
(Head balanced
above shoulders,
hips, and ankles)
2. Chest up
(Breast bone the
part of body far-
thest forward.)
3. Lower abdomen in,
and flat.
4. Back curves with-
in normal limits.
GOOD POSTURE
1. Head slightly
forward.
2. Chest slightly
lowered.
3. Lower abdomen in
(but not flat)
4. Back curves slightly
increased.
POOR POSTURE
1. Head forward.
2. Chest flat.
3. Abdomen relaxed
(Part of body far-
thest forward.)
4. Back curves exag-
gerated.
BAD POSTURE
1. Head markedly
forward.
2. Chest depressed
(Sunken)
3. Abdomen complete-
ly relaxed and pro-
tuberant.
4. Back curves extreme-
ly exaggerated.
Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1926.
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE [remainder illegible]
```

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