Vintage Cardstock Chicken Pox Quarantine Warning Sign vintage illustration McCutcheon and novelist George Barr

McCutcheon and novelist George Barr McCutcheon

Nesco enamelware

5" D x 38" H

but it wasn't until the 1920s and 30s that people understood the need for them to be at every railway/roadway crossing

Many of the drawer faces have their original tin labels

Vintage Cardstock Chicken Pox Quarantine Warning Sign vintage illustration McCutcheon and novelist George Barrc. 1930s 1940s; Public Health Service United States Printed quarantine notice reading "CHICKEN POX KEEP OUT" in bold black lettering on red card stock. These signs were distributed by local health authorities and affixed to the doors of infected households to enforce mandatory isolation during outbreaks of communicable diseases. The bottom text warns of fines or imprisonment for those violating public health regulations, reflecting the strict