Pennsylvania The little red schoolhouse / Katherine Milhous. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Pennsylvania The little red schoolhouse / Katherine Milhous. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pennsylvania The little red schoolhouse / Katherine Milhous.
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Katherine Milhous set this lithograph in the Pennsylvania German countryside, where the little red schoolhouse was a familiar sight in farming communities. Printed in color in 1936 under the Works Progress Administration's poster program, it names the Federal Music Project as sponsor, which tied the state's heritage to wider promotion of cultural life and tourism during the Depression. Milhous, who later became known for her children's books, signed this example in pencil and numbered it 106. The record also lists fraktur, the decorative illuminated writing associated with Pennsylvania German households, which points to the folk traditions that drew visitors to the region.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil by the artist. No. 106. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Pennsylvania Dutch--1930-1940. Tourism--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Schools--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. School children--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Frakturs (Illumination)--1930-1940. Pennsylvania--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,746 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 615_Pennsylvania_The_little_1936 |
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