September - back to work - back to school - back to BOOKS / V. Donaghue – Historic 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.)
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A window into the past: September - back to work - back to school - back to BOOKS / V. Donaghue, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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September - back to work - back to school - back to BOOKS / V. Donaghue
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Its slogan ties three September returns together: back to work, back to school, and back to books. Printed in 1940 as a silkscreen poster under the Work Projects Administration's Federal Art Project, it belongs to a large body of public art the New Deal produced to promote education, reading, and community life during the Depression. The subject headings point to children and reading in Illinois, a reminder that these posters often used everyday scenes to encourage library use and learning. V. Donaghue's design also shows how silkscreen let the agency produce bold, inexpensive posters in quantity.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Children--1930-1940. Reading--1930-1940. Books--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,315 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 273_September_back_to_work_1940 |
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