WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts [at the] Bronx – Vintage Poster
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(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: WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts [at the] Bronx, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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WPA Federal Music Project of New York City presents free band concerts [at the] Bronx
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This 1936 silkscreen poster announces free band concerts in the Bronx, a borough where the Federal Music Project brought live performances to neighborhood audiences. The Federal Music Project, one of the arts units of the Works Progress Administration, put unemployed musicians back to work during the Depression and staged concerts in parks, schools and other public spaces. Its posters were produced by the WPA's silkscreen workshops, which turned out bold, flat-color designs for cultural events across the country. The poster's wording, "free band concerts," points to the program's central goal of making music accessible to working-class New Yorkers at no cost.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Concerts--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 987 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 440_WPA_Federal_Music_Proje_1936 |
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