Books make the home / Rockwell Kent. – Historic Reproduction
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(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 Books make the home / Rockwell Kent. 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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Books make the home / Rockwell Kent.
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Books make the home," the slogan that gives this 1938 poster its title, was designed by Rockwell Kent, an artist known for bold woodcut illustrations and for his travels in Alaska and Greenland. His strong, simplified style suited posters meant to be read quickly from a distance. The piece reflects a Depression-era push to put books into ordinary households and to present reading as a shared domestic pleasure rather than a privilege of the educated. The Library of Congress record lists it as a promotional poster, and the gallery files it under the Works Progress Administration, the federal program that employed many artists during the 1930s.
| Created / published | [1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) |
| Genre | Posters American 1930-1940.Prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G6.192-? |
| Subjects | Reading--1930-1940. Domestic life--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,151 × 1,463 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217073 |
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