Tailoring – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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.)
Description
A window into the past: Tailoring, 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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Tailoring
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Few posters in the Works Progress Administration collection focus on a single skilled trade, and this one turns to tailoring in Ohio. James H. Murphy designed it under the Federal Art Project, and the back bears an October 13, 1937 date stamp. The Federal Art Project's poster unit produced many works in silkscreen, a relatively inexpensive method that let the program print bold, flat color in quantity. Its posters often promoted public programs and jobs, and the trades it depicted, like this one, offer a glimpse of the work that employed people during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Oct 13 1937. Poster design by James H. Murphy. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Tailoring--Ohio--1930-1940. Occupations--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,754 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 755_Tailoring_1937 |
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