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Story hour W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / Shari. – Vintage Poster Wall Art

Story hour W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / Shari., 1936 — vintage poster
Story hour W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / Shari., 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Story hour W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / Shari.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Story hour sessions in Illinois are the subject of this silkscreen poster, which labels the program as a recreation project in District no. 2. It was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, which used silkscreen to make posters publicizing community services, and it presents reading as an activity for both children and adults. The back carries an April 1, 1939 date stamp, several years after the design was made, so it was evidently still in circulation or on file then. Silkscreen typically yields flat areas of strong color, a quality worth noticing when comparing it with the project's other posters.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Apr 1 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsReading--Illinois--1930-1940. Children & adults--Illinois--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,795 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference322_Story_hour_WPA_recreati_1936

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