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Foreign trade zone no. 1 Staten Island City of New York opened February 1 1937 / M. W – Vintage Poster Wall Art

Foreign trade zone no. 1 Staten Island City of New York opened February 1 1937 / M. W, 1937 — vintage poster
Foreign trade zone no. 1 Staten Island City of New York opened February 1 1937 / M. W, 1937. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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: Foreign trade zone no. 1 Staten Island City of New York opened February 1 1937 / M. W, 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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Foreign trade zone no. 1 Staten Island City of New York opened February 1 1937 / M. W

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This silkscreen poster announces Foreign Trade Zone No. 1 on Staten Island, which opened on February 1, 1937, as the first such zone in the United States. Under the federal law that authorized these zones, imported goods could be unloaded, stored, and processed there without paying customs duties until they entered American commerce. The city's Department of Docks and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia promoted the port, and the design pairs ocean liners with flags to suggest the international trade it was meant to draw. It was produced by the WPA Federal Art Project in New York, one of the New Deal programs that employed artists to make public posters.

Created / published1937
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. F.H. La Guardia Mayor - City of New York Department of Docks - John McKenzie Commissioner. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 193 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.
SubjectsOcean liners--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. International relations--1930-1940. Commerce--1930-1940. Flags--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan1,205 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference416_Foreign_trade_zone_no_1_1937

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