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‘Keeping Fit’, 1919

‘Keeping Fit” was a 48-poster series produced by the U.S. Public Health Service and the YMCA in 1919. It was designed to educate teenage boys and young men about the dangers of sexual promiscuity and urged them to embrace moral and physical fitness.’

- Social Welfare History Archives


Thank you to the Social Welfare History Archives

 

This capsule was curated by John Pollock

9 Comments on ‘Keeping Fit’, 1919

  1. Audra Hedger

    I think the only topic this edu-pamphlet didn’t cover was Abe Lincoln. Oh, wait. Nevermind.

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  2. Hans Peter

    There’s a similar one made for girls as well. Please publish it :) It’s just as funny!

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  3. Homer

    Abraham Lincoln was probably a homosexual. When Mary Todd Lincoln wasn’t around, Abraham Lincoln had a Secret Service man sleep with him.

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  4. Jen B

    Hmmm…. so eat well and exercise… and masturbation is wrong… and horses are sexy… and women are diseased… and you’re going to make the virgin with the chickadees sad… and Abe Lincoln never masturbated.

    CHECK.

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  5. qka

    Coarse towel – a terry cloth towel, no softener in the rinse, line dried, not tumble dried in a dryer.

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