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

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

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.

Van Leshout, Alexander Josef

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

1914 February

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

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