Department of Biology, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2011 Mar;33(1):143-6. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr013.
Postcards were important means of communication in the early 1900s among family and friends in the rural USA. The images and written words can offer insights into the attitudes and beliefs of the day. One hundred years ago, the comment 'this is a pretty place' was written on a postcard with the image of the largest tin plate manufacturing factory at the time. We examined this comment in the context of public perceptions in 1910 and what we now know of the impacts of 'the four Ps' of industrialization on public health: politics, population, poverty and pollution.
明信片在 20 世纪初是美国农村地区亲友之间重要的通讯方式。这些图像和文字可以让我们深入了解当时的态度和信仰。一百年前，有人在一张明信片上写下了“这是个美丽的地方”，并配上了当时最大的马口铁制造工厂的图像。我们考察了 1910 年公众对此的看法，以及我们现在对工业化的“四个 P”（政治、人口、贫困和污染）对公共卫生的影响的认识。
