Published during the Franklin Roosevelt administration, this poster promoted the relatively new Social Security program, created to provide support for America’s elderly population.
Social Security Poster of an Old Man
- ca. 1935
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This primary source comes from the Collection FDR-Photos: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Photographs.
National Archives Identifier: 195880
Full Citation: Social Security Poster of an Old Man; 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-poster-of-an-old-man/, April 6, 2026]
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