#maskon
Happy Star Wars day 2020! Hope you guys are all being safe and well out there like these 2 and sporting you Star Wars masks. May the 4th be with you all!
U.S. Public Health Service, 1942. NARA ID 514791.
Mask Mandates are ALLAMERICAN!*
“What is Past is Prologue.”** This is notthe first time Americans have been instructed to wear masks to stay safe. Check out these WW2 posters and see how gov’t communicators tried to interest/educate/inform (and sometimes scare) the American public!
TAKE CARE OF YOUR MASK… OR ELSE! NARA ID 514846.
MASK TIPS FOR GLAMOROUS WOMEN! NARA ID 44266530.
BE PREPARED! NARA ID 44266634.
YOUR MASK IS NOT A PILLOW or KNAPSACK! NARA IDs 514038and514110.
STAYFIT!WEAR A MASK! NARA ID 535277.
*Speaking of All American, stay tuned for our upcoming exhibit:ALL AMERICAN: The Power of Sports.
**’Future’ statue by Robert Aiken. Photo by Jeff Reed.