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title: The South African Red Cross Society / Die Suid-Afrikaanse Rooikruisvereniging (house-fly life cycle)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/south-africa-red-cross-fly-life-cycle-1939/
description: A bilingual English and Afrikaans public-health sheet shows the stages of the house-fly as numbered film-strip frames (eggs, larvae, pupae, emerging fly.
section: Collection
---

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# The South African Red Cross Society / Die Suid-Afrikaanse Rooikruisvereniging (house-fly life cycle)

A bilingual English and Afrikaans public-health sheet shows the stages of the house-fly as numbered film-strip frames (eggs, larvae, pupae, emerging fly, enlarged adult, mouthparts) and three vignettes on clearing manure, compost and refuse. The tell for transfer is the Red Cross emblem and the Union health department's approval lending authority; the sheet is otherwise instructional, with no persuasive claim stated.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
THE SOUTH AFRICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY
DIE SUID-AFRIKAANSE ROOIKRUISVERENIGING

[numerals 1-9 label the pictures; no other text]

EUllmann [signature]

Published by the South African Red Cross Society, P.O. Box 3266, Johannesburg, and Approved by the Union Department of Public Health.
HORTORS LIMITED JOHANNESBURG   6/1939
Uitgegee deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Rooikruisvereniging, Posbus 3266, Johannesburg, en goedgekeur deur die Unie Departement van Volksgesondheid.

[Translation of the Afrikaans lines: Published by the South African Red Cross Society, P.O. Box 3266, Johannesburg, and approved by the Union Department of Public Health.]
```

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