The Sacrifice (Tuberculosis is Preventable) [editorial cartoon by A. J. Van Leshout]

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Title

The Sacrifice (Tuberculosis is Preventable) [editorial cartoon by A. J. Van Leshout]

Description

Editorial cartoon by A. J. Van Leshout "The Sacrifice." 

Originally published in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2 (February 1914), p.126. 

Image Description:

Under the full moon, a large group of people are shown marching into the mouth of a death's head. They carry a banner "Ignorance of the Disease." On man sits apart from the group beside a sign that says "Tuberculosis IS Preventable." A woman in the crowd looks over at him wondering.

Creator

Van Leshout, Alexander Josef

Source

Cartoons Magazine, vol. 5, no. 2 (February 1914), p.126. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Date

1914 February

Contributor

Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries

Rights

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Notes

Learn more: 
Tuberculosis, Social Welfare History Image Portal 
Tuberculosis, Social Welfare History Project 
Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal

Citation

Van Leshout, Alexander Josef, “The Sacrifice (Tuberculosis is Preventable) [editorial cartoon by A. J. Van Leshout],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed November 5, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/386.