This poster was distributed after World War II by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc., a front organization for the Anti-Defamation League. It had been founded in New York City in 1941 to promote American involvement in the war and the fight against fascism. In 1944, it launched the Campaign for Unity Democracy and the Four Freedoms (in reference to the Four Freedoms outlined by President Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union address), one that included a booklet and a series of posters on the theme. It also produced posters encouraging Americans to buy war bonds. After the war, the institute continued to produce press materials and posters like this one to promote tolerance within the United States. In this poster, Americans are warned of the risks presented by “Typhoid Marys” who spread racial and religious hatred under the guise of harmless gossip. In the illustration above the didactic message, two women with shopping carts exchange whispers in a store. The yellow of the color block in which the poster’s title “Typhoid Mary starts her day” is embedded extends to the face and limbs of one of the women, thus visually identifying her as the culprit.