Indian court Federal Building Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939 – 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 Indian court Federal Building Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939 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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Indian court Federal Building Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939
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Rather than showing the fair grounds or its crowds, this silkscreen poster focuses on the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition, held on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay in 1939 and 1940. Its subject headings point to exhibit themes such as Ojibwa picture writing, Seneca spiritual life, masks, and crafts. The poster was produced under the Work Projects Administration and lists the Federal theater Project as sponsor, which shows how federal arts programs of the period supported the fair. Modern viewers may want to read it with care, since displays of that era often presented Native cultures as exotic and in the past.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 84 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco Calif.) Indians of North America--Commemoration--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Indians of North America--Communication. Indians of North America--Spiritual life. Indians of North America--Arts & crafts. Ojibwa Indians--Communication. Seneca Indians--Spiritual life. Hieroglyphics. Masks. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,895 × 4,096 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 575_Indian_court_Federal_Bu_1939 |
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