Amateur contest July 23rd - Du Page County centennial Warrenville / Gregg. – 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 Amateur contest July 23rd - Du Page County centennial Warrenville / Gregg., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Amateur contest July 23rd - Du Page County centennial Warrenville / Gregg.
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A July 23 amateur singing contest in Warrenville, Illinois, is the event this poster advertises, held as part of the Du Page County centennial. The county was organized in 1839, and local groups marked its anniversary with music, pageants and contests. Federal Art Project artists produced silkscreen announcements like this one during the Depression to publicize community events, and the date stamp on the back, September 7, 1939, shows the sheet was handled again years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Contests--Illinois--Warrenville--1930-1940. Singing--Illinois--Warrenville--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,818 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 466_Amateur_contest_July_23_1936 |
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