The drama of the heavens--Adler Planetarium operated by Chicago Park District / Bear – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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 rare vintage poster captures The drama of the heavens--Adler Planetarium operated by Chicago Park District / Bear in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The drama of the heavens--Adler Planetarium operated by Chicago Park District / Bear
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Few institutions in 1939 Chicago promised a sky show as directly as the Adler Planetarium, which had opened on the lakefront in 1930 as the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere. This silkscreen poster, titled "The Drama of the Heavens," was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration to promote the museum's celestial programs. During the Depression, the WPA employed artists to design posters for public museums, theaters and events, and silkscreen allowed bold color in small editions. Today the poster sits in the Library of Congress's WPA collection as a record of federal efforts to promote public science education.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 164 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum--1930-1940. Planetaria--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Celestial bodies--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 990 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 8_The_drama_of_the_heaven_1939 |
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