Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead (S) sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce f – Historic 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: Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead (S) sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce f, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead (S) sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce f
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Few theater posters of the period bring aviation drama to the street as directly as this silkscreen for *Ceiling Zero*, Frank Wead's three-act melodrama about airmail pilots battling bad weather. Wead, a former naval aviator, drew on his flying background for the play, and its title refers to conditions so overcast that planes cannot take off or land. The poster was produced under the Work Projects Administration, whose federal art program made silkscreen posters for community theater and civic productions in the 1930s. The verso carries a 1939 date stamp, which shows the sheet was still in circulation years after the play's original run.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 111 · Wead Frank W. (Frank Wilber) 1895-1947. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--1930-1940. Melodramas--1930-1940. Airplanes--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 993 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 54_Ceiling_zero_3_act_play_1936 |
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