Training center for household employees--Household Service Demonstration Project W.P. – Antique Poster Print
(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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Step back in time with Training center for household employees--Household Service Demonstration Project W.P., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Training center for household employees--Household Service Demonstration Project W.P.
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Relatively few New Deal posters address domestic work, which makes this 1936 silkscreen notable. It promotes a training center for household employees under the Household Service Demonstration Project, and the subject is tied to Illinois. During the Depression, the Work Projects Administration ran many programs to give unemployed workers new skills, and training for household service was one way to prepare people for paid domestic work when other jobs were scarce. The flat, bright color reflects the silkscreen method the WPA poster program used to produce large runs quickly and cheaply.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Servants--Illinois--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,718 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 882_Training_center_for_hou_1936 |
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