Halloween roller skating carnival On the mall Central Park (S) Bring your skates (S) Come – 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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A window into the past: Halloween roller skating carnival On the mall Central Park (S) Bring your skates (S) Come, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Halloween roller skating carnival On the mall Central Park (S) Bring your skates (S) Come
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Few WPA posters promote a skating party, but this 1936 silkscreen invites New Yorkers to a Halloween roller skating carnival on the Mall in Central Park. The record ties it to the Federal Art Project, one of the arts units of the Works Progress Administration, which used silkscreen to produce inexpensive public notices in bold flat colors. Its date stamp of October 20, 1936 suggests it was printed and circulated for a fall event. The subject tags note jack-o'-lanterns and a contest, so the poster likely pitched seasonal fun as a free or low-cost outing during the Depression years.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Oct 20 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 188 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Roller skating--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Halloween--1930-1940. Jack-o-lanterns--1930-1940. Contests--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,206 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 469_Halloween_roller_skatin_1936 |
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