Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing – Antique Poster Print
(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 Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cure juvenile delinquency in the slums by planned housing
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The poster's headline makes a specific argument: that juvenile delinquency in the slums could be cured through planned housing. Its sponsor, the New York City Housing Authority, was a young agency at the time, and the poster names Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia and Commissioner Langdon W. Post in its credit line. Printed as a color silkscreen by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, it is one of many New Deal posters that used graphic design to promote public works and social reform. The 1936 date, confirmed by a stamp on the back, places it during the early push to replace tenement districts with public housing in New York.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Oct 20 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Comm. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 220 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. Juvenile delinquents--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Slums--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. City planning--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,210 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 358_Cure_juvenile_delinquen_1936 |
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