The Park Department presents final barbershop quartet concert on the mall Central Par – 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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The Park Department presents final barbershop quartet concert on the mall Central Par comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Park Department presents final barbershop quartet concert on the mall Central Par
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The poster announces the final barbershop quartet concert of the season on the Mall in Central Park, a tree-lined promenade where the city's Park Department often staged outdoor performances. It was printed by silkscreen, a stencil method the WPA's poster program used to produce bold, flat areas of color in large runs at low cost. The Federal theater Project, one of the Works Progress Administration's arts divisions, sponsored the event, tying public recreation to federal support for live performance during the Depression. A date stamp on the back, September 12, 1936, helps place the poster near the close of that summer's concerts.
| 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). · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Barbershop quartets--1930-1940. Concerts--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,222 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 238_The_Park_Department_pre_1936 |
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