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File:John is not really dull, WPA poster, ca. 1937.jpg

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Description Works Progress Administration poster sponsored by the Town of Hempstead (W.H. Runcie, M.D., health officer) recommending eye examinations for children having difficulty learning, showing a woman holding an eye chart(?) in front of a boy reading a book. The eye chart in the back reads "John is not really dull, he may only need his eyes examined." Silkscreen poster on board for the WPA Federal Art Project, New York City, 1936 or 1937.
Date between 1936 and 1937
date QS:P,+1936-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1936-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1937-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID cph.3f05332.
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