You're no match... for V.D.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
notes: label: Description
content: This is a World War II matchbook promoting a campaign against venereal disease (VD). The U.S. government distributed this propaganda against venereal disease, later known as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) or sexually transmitted infections (STIs). During World War I, soldiers had to be taken out of battle due to venereal disease, so the U.S. government wanted to prevent that from happening again by personifying VD as a woman to deter soldiers from engaging in sexual activities.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian Pacific Americans
label: Subject
content: Asian Americans
label: Subject
content: Chinese Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Asian Pacific American Business
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0268.31
label: accession number
content: 2019.0268
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0268.31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matchbook
label: Object Type
content: Matchbook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.06 cm x 3.72 cm x .6 cm; 2 in x 1 15/32 in x 1/4 in