Years of dust Resettlement Administration rescues victims, restores land to proper use / Ben Shahn. – Antique Wall Art
![Years of dust Resettlement Administration rescues victims, restores land to proper use / Ben Shahn., [Washington, D.C. : Resettlement Administration, 1936 (Government Printing Office)] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/06/060ec2819360-L.webp)
(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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Years of dust Resettlement Administration rescues victims, restores land to proper use / Ben Shahn.
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Shahn's poster takes its title, "Years of Dust," from the drought and wind erosion that stripped farmland across the Plains in the 1930s. Its message, that the Resettlement Administration would rescue the families displaced by the dust and restore the land to productive use, reflects the agency's purpose. Created in 1935 under the New Deal, the Resettlement Administration aimed to move impoverished farmers onto better land and to rehabilitate eroded fields. Shahn, a painter and photographer who worked on federal graphic projects of the period, brought a stark, expressive style to the agency's public messaging.
| Created / published | [Washington, D.C. : Resettlement Administration, 1936 (Government Printing Office)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : offset, color ; 97 x 63 cm. |
| Genre | c1973 |
| Notes | Imprint information from The complete graphic works of Ben Shahn. April 26 |
| Subjects | United States.--Resettlement Administration. Farmers--1930-1940. Dust storms--United States--1930-1940. Land use--1930-1940. Farm relief--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 993 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176166 |
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