Give to the needy Join the mayors welfare milk fund (S) Monster vaudeville show at the – Historic Poster Reproduction
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Few charity posters of the period paired a plea for donations with a stage show, but this one does both: it asks New Yorkers to give to the needy and join the mayor's welfare milk fund, and it advertises a "monster vaudeville show" to draw the crowd. The silkscreen was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which made many public-information posters in the mid-1930s for city services and relief drives. The record dates it to 1936, and a stamp on the back reading "Feb 2 1939" shows it was still being handled or filed a few years later, when feeding families was a pressing relief concern in New York.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by Mayor Edwards Welfare Committee. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Milk--1930-1940. Fund raising--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Vaudeville shows--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Charity--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 319_Give_to_the_needy_Join_1936 |
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