Result Three killed by speeding car at dark corner. – 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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Result Three killed by speeding car at dark corner. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Result Three killed by speeding car at dark corner.
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A dark intersection, a speeding car, and three deaths make up the message of this poster, which ties a fatal crash to the lack of working street lights. The subject headings point to vandalism of street lighting in New York State during the 1930s, when broken lamps left some corners unlit at night. The image was produced under the Federal theater Project, one of the New Deal programs of the Works Progress Administration, whose poster units used the silkscreen process to make inexpensive, bold public-service messages. Its color and blunt wording reflect that effort to reach a broad public quickly.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Vandalism--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Street lights--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,799 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 354_Result_Three_killed_by_1936 |
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