Please keep the park clean – 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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Step back in time with Please keep the park clean, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Among the many WPA posters on public themes, this 1937 silkscreen stands out for its plain instruction to keep the park clean, and its subject tags tie it to Ohio parks of the 1930s. The design is attributed to Samuel Brown and Morris Katz, and a date stamp on the back reads August 19, 1937, which places it squarely within the Works Progress Administration's poster output. Silkscreen was the technique the Federal Art Project's poster division used to produce inexpensive, multicolor notices in quantity, and conservation messages like this one were meant to reach park visitors directly, reminding them that public land depended on public care.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 19 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Poster design attributed to Samuel Brown and Morris Katz. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 147 · Katz Morris artist. |
| Subjects | Parks--Ohio--1930-1940. Conservation of natural resources--Ohio--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,212 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 453_Please_keep_the_park_cl_1937 |
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