Register now - informal study group WPA Workers Education Project Henry Street Settle – 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 Register now - informal study group WPA Workers Education Project Henry Street Settle in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Register now - informal study group WPA Workers Education Project Henry Street Settle
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Few posters from the WPA's adult education work announce a neighborhood study group as directly as this one, which invites residents to register for an informal class at Henry Street Settlement on New York's Lower East Side. Lillian Wald, a nurse, founded the settlement in 1893 to offer health care, social services and education to immigrant families in the area. The silkscreen print dates to 1936, when the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project used the inexpensive medium to produce public notices. Its sponsorship by the New York Board of Education ties it to the wider Depression-era effort to give working adults access to learning.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| 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. 144 · New York (N.Y.). Board of Education sponsor. |
| Subjects | Henry Street Settlement (New York N.Y.)--Public relations--1930-1950. Adult education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Working class--New York (State)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 982 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 18_Register_now_informal_1936 |
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