Federal Theatre Project presents 10 acts all star vaudeville – 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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A window into the past: Federal Theatre Project presents 10 acts all star vaudeville, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Federal Theatre Project presents 10 acts all star vaudeville
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Salem, Massachusetts, is the place this poster advertises, with a ten-act all-star vaudeville bill presented in 1938. The Federal theater Project was part of the Works Progress Administration, created to put out-of-work actors, musicians, and stagehands back to work during the Depression, and its local units staged everything from drama to variety shows for audiences who could rarely afford commercial theater tickets. The poster was printed by silkscreen, a method the Federal Art Project used to produce inexpensive, bold color posters that could be displayed quickly in public spaces.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Vaudeville shows--Massachusetts--Salem--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,771 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 822_Federal_Theatre_Project_1938 |
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