W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents Native ground" by Virgil Geddes / DeColas." – Historic Print
![W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents Native ground" by Virgil Geddes / DeColas.", NYC : Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/29a768fa54d1-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents Native ground" by Virgil Geddes / DeColas.", a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The poster pairs a plow with the title of Virgil Geddes's play *Native Ground*, a rural subject that the Federal theater Project staged in New York during the Works Progress Administration years. The Federal Art Project's silkscreen workshops produced bold, flat-color designs like this one to advertise low-cost productions to working audiences. Congress ended the Federal theater Project in 1939, so a poster stamped with that year's date comes from the program's final stretch.
| Created / published | NYC : Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 89 |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Farming--1930-1940. Plows--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,368 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214779 |
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