Vaudeville frolic Gala midnight show New Years eve (S) 15 acts. – 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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This vintage poster of Vaudeville frolic Gala midnight show New Years eve (S) 15 acts. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Billed as a midnight gala on New Year's Eve with fifteen acts, this 1936 San Diego poster promised a full evening of vaudeville under the Federal Road Show banner. It was produced under the Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed out-of-work actors, singers, and stagehands during the Depression. Its traveling shows brought live entertainment to communities that seldom saw professional theater, and the poster's bold flat colors reflect the silkscreen process the WPA poster unit used to advertise them inexpensively.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Federal Road Show Attraction. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Vaudeville shows--California--San Diego--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,750 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 890_Vaudeville_frolic_Gala_1936 |
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