The chocolate soldier – 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 vintage poster of The chocolate soldier brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The chocolate soldier
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Long Beach, California, is the place that sets this poster apart: a local American Legion post sponsored this 1936 production of Oscar Straus's operetta, and the Works Progress Administration printed the silkscreen advertisement. Straus based the work on the German title *Der tapfere Soldat*, and it was adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play *Arms and the Man*, which gives its comic story of a reluctant hero. The poster reflects the New Deal's Federal Art Project, which used silkscreen to produce low-cost, colorful notices for community events during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by American Legion Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 27. · Straus Oscar 1870-1954. Tapfere Soldat.United States. Works Progress Administration sponsor.American Legion sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--California--Long Beach--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 763_The_chocolate_soldier_1936 |
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