Direct to mum show Garfield Park Conservatory / Whitley. – Vintage Print
(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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Step back in time with Direct to mum show Garfield Park Conservatory / Whitley., a vintage poster rich in period 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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Direct to mum show Garfield Park Conservatory / Whitley.
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Chrysanthemums take center stage in this poster for a "Direct to mum show" at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. The conservatory, a large glass greenhouse on the city's West Side, was a popular venue for flower exhibitions. The poster was sponsored by the Federal Art Project, one of the New Deal arts programs run under the Works Progress Administration, which hired artists to make public-notice posters during the Depression. Its silkscreen printing and bold flat color show the style those programs favored. A later hand-written date of 1941 appears on the back.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date hand-written on verso: 12/31/41. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Flowers--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Flower shows--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. |
| 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 | 608_Direct_to_mum_show_Garf_1936 |
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