Eliminate crime in the slums through housing – 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 Eliminate crime in the slums through housing, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Among the WPA posters of the period, this silkscreen ties crime to housing more directly than most, arguing that clearing the city's slums would also curb lawlessness. Produced in 1936 for the New York City Housing Authority under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Commissioner Langdon W. Post, it reflects the era's push for public housing in New York. The Federal theater Project is listed as sponsor, a sign of how WPA poster work drew on several federal arts programs. Its message links better homes to public safety, a case the city's housing leaders were making in the mid-1930s.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Commissoner. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 221 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. Crimes--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 | 1,220 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 359_Eliminate_crime_in_the_1936 |
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