Octobers bright blue weather A good time to read!. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Octobers bright blue weather A good time to read!.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Its title borrows a line of autumn verse, "October's bright blue weather," and the poster pairs that crisp season with a simple invitation to read. Its subject tags point to boys in Illinois and to Halloween, a reminder that the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, used posters during the Depression to promote reading and public institutions. Attributed to Albert M. Bender, the design was printed in silkscreen, a bold, inexpensive method the project's poster unit relied on to produce many images quickly.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 30 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Attributed to Albert M. Bender. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 161 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Boys--Illinois--1930-1940. Reading--Illinois--1930-1940. Halloween--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,991 × 5,690 px · prints to 13 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 278_Octobers_bright_blue_we_1936 |
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