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Sand modeling W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / Shari. – Antique Poster Print

Sand modeling W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 / Shari., 1936 — vintage poster
Sand modeling 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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Children shaping sand figures in an open-air play area anchor this 1936 silkscreen poster, which advertised a Works Progress Administration recreation program in the "Dist. no. 2" district. Recreation programs like this one gave Depression-era communities supervised play space and organized activities for young people, and the Federal Art Project turned out posters such as this to publicize them. The print's color is built up by layered silkscreen stencils, a method the project's artists used because it was inexpensive and could be reproduced in quantity. A date stamp on the reverse, April 3, 1939, shows the poster was still being handled years after it was first made.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Apr 3 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsChildren playing in sand--Illinois--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,774 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference326_Sand_modeling_WPA_recre_1936

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