Posters helped promote the new Social Security system to the American public. This one communicated its message with images of a benefits check and the U.S. Capitol. The text explained who could apply, how to get and submit an application, and where to find further information.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
A Monthly Check to You for the Rest of Your Life…Beginning When You Are 65, U.S. Social Security Board poster, lithograph print, 1935
Social Security
Congress passed the Social Security Act to provide for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent children, and the disabled through taxes on workers and employers. The legislation, created during the Great Depression, addressed the concerns of popular grassroots movements that advocated for federal old-age pensions and relief for those without jobs.
Posters helped promote the new Social Security system to the American public. This one communicated its message with images of a benefits check and the U.S. Capitol. The text explained who could apply, how to get and submit an application, and where to find further information.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
