Keeping up with science / Shari. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage poster of Keeping up with science / Shari. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Keeping up with science / Shari.
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A microscope takes center stage in this 1936 silkscreen poster, which presents science as something ordinary people could keep up with through everyday learning. Made under the WPA's Federal Art Project, it reflects the program's wider effort in the 1930s to use bold flat color and simple shapes to promote public education. The record credits Max Plattner as the artist and notes a September 1939 date stamp on the back, a reminder that these posters were displayed and kept well after they were printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 176 · Plattner Max artist. |
| Subjects | Science--1930-1940. Microscopes--1930-1940. Education--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,034 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 525_Keeping_up_with_science_1936 |
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