Toy sale – Vintage Poster
(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 Toy sale, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This 1936 silkscreen poster advertises a toy sale and bears the sponsorship of the Federal theater Project, a Depression-era program that employed theater workers across the country. The Federal Art Project's poster division used silkscreen printing to make inexpensive, brightly colored posters for public events, and this sheet shows that method at work. A date stamp on the back, March 21, 1941, shows the poster was still being handled and dated five years after it was printed. Its subject, toys sold in New York State, reflects the economic hardship of the period, when many families stretched their budgets for holiday gifts.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 21 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Toys--New York (State)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,759 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 881_Toy_sale_1936 |
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