Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town ... to count the many children reading librar – Antique Poster Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town ... to count the many children reading librar. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town ... to count the many children reading librar
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Here the old nursery rhyme figure Wee Willie Winkie becomes a champion of reading, racing through town to count the children who have library books. The rhyme's character, who runs about in his nightgown, gives the poster a playful hook for drawing young readers into the library. The Illinois WPA Art Project made it in Chicago around 1940, when the Works Progress Administration, a federal Depression-era program, employed artists to produce public-information posters. Silkscreen color printing let the program turn out bright, inexpensive posters for schools, libraries, and other public institutions.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| 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. 159 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Children--Illinois--1930-1940. Nursery rhymes--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,537 × 2,217 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 347_Wee_Willie_Winkie_runs_1940 |
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