Social Security Poster of a Mother and Her Child

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Description

This Social Security Board poster featuring a mother and young child informed widows with dependent children that benefits were available when an insured worker dies. The Social Security Act of 1935 and its later amendments created a system of payroll taxes that supported old age pensions as well as other programs for the needy.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs.

National Archives Identifier: 195886

Full Citation: PHOCO-A-53227(1751); Social Security Poster of a Mother and Her Child; ca. 1935; Photographs from the Depression and World War II, 1870 – 2004; Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs,; Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/social-security-mother-child/, January 12, 2026]

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