Are You Positive?

Object/Artifact

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Historic Saranac Lake

Name/Title

Are You Positive?

Entry/Object ID

2024.3.92

Description

Metal tab-style badge with drawing of a top hat reading, "Are you positive?" On reverse, badge reads, "Is the hat higher than it's wide? Are you positive? Measure it and see. Are you positive about TB? Get a tuberculin test or a chest X-ray--and be sure!" Reverse has double-barred cross logo and cartoon of man scratching his head.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Badge, Campaign

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Badge, Political

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Symbol, Political

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Belief Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tuberculosis, Testing, X-ray photographs, Health

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

1-1/2 in

Material

Metal

Color

Orange, Black