WPA rumor – Vintage Poster
(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
A window into the past: WPA rumor, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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WPA rumor
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The subject here is rumor itself, shown through wolves, a long-standing image of predators and whispered danger, at a time when Depression-era anxieties ran high. Issued in 1939 under the Federal theater Project, the poster reflects the program's effort to draw audiences to stage productions through eye-catching public art. The Work Projects Administration employed artists to make posters like this one, and silkscreen printing allowed them to produce bold, flat color in modest runs. Congress ended the Federal theater Project that same year, which makes this poster a brief record of a program that did not last long.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 275 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Economic & social conditions--1930-1950. Rumor--1930-1950. Wolves--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,292 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 519_WPA_rumor_1939 |
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