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Health

This collection of beautiful health and fitness images from yesteryear contains classic adverts, information announcements and advice on avoiding disease, eating correctly and exercising regularly. These inspirational messages have relevance for everyone today, with dozens of postcards to energize even the most dedicated couch potatoes. These pictures of health have been specially selected from a whole range of posters from the "s up to the Sixties, and many were created as part of the U.S. Federal Art Project. There are also posters from Russia welcoming tourists to visit health spas in the former Soviet Union and Great Britain, with sports and food advice from the "s: Eat something from each group each day, To keep you healthy, fit and gay. Not to mention the classic Coughs and sneezes spread diseases warning. Keeping fit has never been so stylish!