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Better Housing The Solution To Infant Mortality In The Slums / Benj. Sheer.

Better Housing The Solution To Infant Mortality In The Slums / Benj. Sheer.

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TITLE:  Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums / Benj. Sheer. CALL NUMBER:  POS - WPA - NY .S54, no. 1 (C size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZC2-5647 (color film copy slide) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Poster promoting better housing as a solution for high rates of infant mortality in the slums, showing a blueprint of new housing next to existing tenement buildings over which stands the figure of Death. MEDIUM:  1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [New York : Federal Art Project, 1936] CREATOR: Sheer, Benjamin, artist. NOTES: Date stamped on verso: Dec 18 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor - Langdon W. Post, Comm. SUBJECTS: New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. Infants--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Death--1930-1940. Slums--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. City planning--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. FORMAT: Posters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (color film copy slide) cph 3f05647 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05647 CONTROL #:  98518522