Enjoy - dont destroy – Historic Poster 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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Enjoy - dont destroy in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Its slogan, "Enjoy - don't destroy," asks viewers to admire wildflowers and leave them where they grow, and it speaks to children as directly as to adults. The poster came out of the Federal Art Project in Ohio, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists during the Great Depression and produced silkscreen posters for public education and civic campaigns. A date stamp on the back reads April 5, 1937, placing it in the middle of that program's most productive years. Silkscreen's flat areas of bold color let designers reproduce a single image cheaply in quantity.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 5 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Flowers--1930-1940. Children--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,772 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 331_Enjoy_dont_destroy_1936 |
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