Rural Pennsylvania / Katherine Milhous. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 Rural Pennsylvania / Katherine Milhous.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Rural Pennsylvania / Katherine Milhous.
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Katherine Milhous's *Rural Pennsylvania* turns a travel invitation into a close look at the Pennsylvania Dutch countryside, with children shown in the traditional dress of the region's German-speaking farm communities. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced posters like this one in the late 1930s to promote state scenery and draw visitors during the Depression. Milhous, a Pennsylvania illustrator later known for her children's books, brought a storybook clarity to this color lithograph. A stamp on the back dated May 2, 1940, shows that the poster was handled and filed as a working document of its time.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 2 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 305 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Pennsylvania Dutch--1930-1940. Tourism--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Children--Clothing & dress--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Pennsylvania--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,233 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 335_Rural_Pennsylvania_Ka_1936 |
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