Don't spit! (spitting spreads disease) Help banish TB

Maker
Victorian Tuberculosis Association
Date
1971
Description
The Victorian Tuberculosis Association's advertising poster entitled, "Don't Spit! (spitting spreads disease) Help Banish TB"; title in four other languages also. Black, red, yellow and white print. Includes double-barred cross logo, emblem of worldwide struggle against tuberculosis.

History of Object

This item was donated by the Victorian Tuberculosis and Lung Asociation in September 1995. Janet Brown, a researcher and author, organised the donation of the collection to the Medical History Museum.
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Object detail

Maker

Victorian Tuberculosis Association

Date

1971

Medium

paper, ink

Measurements

34.4 x 24.8 cm

Accession Number

MHM04187

Credit line

Gift of the Victorian Tuberculosis and Lung Association, 1995

Inscriptions

name/inscriptions ▫ '(double-barred cross logo)/DON'T/SPIT!/(spitting/spreads/disease)/Help Banish/TB/ISSUED BY/THE VICTORIAN TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION/LONSDALE STREET, MELBOURNE, 3000 516/3M/71/OK'

Object Type

documents/promotional material/advertising
posters

Medical History Museum Category

Medicine in Society

Museum

Medical History Museum

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