Free classes for adults - register now – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Free classes for adults - register now in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Yonkers, New York, is the place this poster sets out to serve, and its plain call to "register now" shows one of the less familiar corners of the New Deal. Printed in silkscreen, it was a joint product of the New York State Education Department and the Works Progress Administration, whose adult education program offered free courses to residents, many of them out of work during the Depression. The WPA's Federal Art Project produced posters like this one, and the silkscreen process it championed made them inexpensive to reproduce in quantity. The back of this copy carries a February 1939 date stamp, a reminder that posters were often kept and handled long after their first printing.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by New York State Education Dept. and the Works Progress Administration. Exhibited: Home and Exile Jewish Museum Berlin Germany Sept. 2006 to May 2008. · University of the State of New York sponsor. |
| Subjects | Adult education--New York (State)--Yonkers--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,760 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 19_Free_classes_for_adults_1936 |
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