Visit Pennsylvania Where pre-revolutionary costumes still survive / Katherine Milhous – 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.)
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A window into the past: Visit Pennsylvania Where pre-revolutionary costumes still survive / Katherine Milhous, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Visit Pennsylvania Where pre-revolutionary costumes still survive / Katherine Milhous
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Milhous's title promises costumes that "still survive" from before the Revolution, and the figure's plain dress and cap point to the Pennsylvania Dutch communities of the state's countryside. Katherine Milhous, a Philadelphia illustrator who later wrote and illustrated *The Egg Tree*, made the design in 1936 for the Works Progress Administration's poster program, which hired artists to promote state attractions during the Depression. The subject list also names fraktur, the decorated handwritten documents of German-speaking settlers, which reflects the folk traditions that drew visitors to rural counties. The print is signed in pencil by the artist and lists the Federal Music Project as sponsor.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil by the artist. No. 55. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 302 · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Pennsylvania Dutch--1930-1940. Tourism--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Women--Clothing & dress--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Frakturs (Illumination)--1930-1940. Pennsylvania--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,236 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 616_Visit_Pennsylvania_Wher_1936 |
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