Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project Work Projects Admin – 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 historic photograph captures Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project Work Projects Admin in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project Work Projects Admin
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A silkscreen poster announcing an exhibition of housing photographs, produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration in 1936. The Federal Art Project was one of the New Deal programs that put artists to work during the Great Depression, and its poster shops produced announcements for exhibitions, concerts, and public events across the country. Housing was a pressing public concern in New York at the time, when many families lived in crowded tenements, so an exhibition focused on residential conditions spoke directly to the issues of the day. The poster's date stamp on the back, August 26, 1939, shows it was still circulating in the archive's records years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 26 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Glickman Maurice sculptor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Photography--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,659 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 160_Exhibition_of_housing_p_1936 |
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