American school, Christain (?): 'She may be .. a bag of trouble', lithograph in colours, VD Graphic, dated (19)40

Work: 51 x 40 cm
Frame: 65 x 54 cm

'She may be .. a bag of trouble' is a headline from a notorious public health poster released by the U.S. Public Health Service during the 1940s. The phrase and its accompanying imagery served as a warning to servicemen about the dangers of sexually transmitted diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea.