Chalk dust 2nd week by popular demand. – 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.)
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A window into the past: Chalk dust 2nd week by popular demand., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Chalk dust 2nd week by popular demand.
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A 1937 silkscreen poster announces the second week of *Chalk Dust* in Cincinnati, a run extended, the text says, by popular demand. The Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored the production and put unemployed actors, designers and stagehands back to work during the Depression, often offering tickets at low prices. Its posters were made by the WPA's Federal Art Project, and silkscreen was a cheap, flexible method that let artists produce bold, multicolored designs in quantity. The poster is a useful record of how local theater was promoted in that period.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Ohio--Cincinnati--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,767 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 860_Chalk_dust_2nd_week_by_1937 |
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