National letter writing week Oct. 1-7 That letter will be appreciated. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of National letter writing week Oct. 1-7 That letter will be appreciated.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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National letter writing week Oct. 1-7 That letter will be appreciated.
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A 1936 silkscreen poster promoting National Letter Writing Week, held the first week of October, with the slogan "That letter will be appreciated." It was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which hired artists during the Depression to create public posters for government and community campaigns. The design celebrates the handwritten letter at a time when mail was a daily link between separated families and distant towns. The back of this print bears a February 1940 date stamp, a small reminder of how such posters were circulated and filed after their campaigns ended.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Correspondence--1930-1940. Letter carriers--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 987 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 475_National_letter_writing_1936 |
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