Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood – 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 Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Why men leave home by Avery Hopwood
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The Federal theater Project revived Avery Hopwood's comedy *Why Men Leave Home* in Los Angeles in 1938, and this silkscreen poster promotes that production. Hopwood, a Broadway writer of farces who died in 1928, had been dead for a decade by then, so the revival relied on a playwright whose popular comedies were still familiar to audiences. The heart motif fits a story about marriage and the restlessness that pulls couples apart. Posters like this one advertised plays staged by theater workers who had lost jobs in the Depression, and they show how the program turned commercial-style advertising into bold, inexpensive public art.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Hopwood Avery 1882-1928. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. Hearts (Symbols)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,759 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 665_Why_men_leave_home_by_A_1938 |
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