The Federal Theater presents its opening play The royal family [at] Waterloo Theater – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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(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 The Federal Theater presents its opening play The royal family [at] Waterloo Theater. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Federal Theater presents its opening play The royal family [at] Waterloo Theater
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Fencing and a crown set this poster apart from the other theater bills on the board, and they point to *The Royal Family*, a 1927 comedy by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman about a famous family of stage actors. The Federal theater Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, put theater workers back on the job during the Depression, and this bill announces the project's opening play at the Waterloo Theater in 1936. Silkscreen suited such work because it let the project print bold, flat colors in quantity on inexpensive board. The stamp on the back shows the print passed through the Des Moines office of the WPA.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Stamped on verso: Works Progress Administration Des Moines Iowa. Official Business. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Iowa--1930-1950. Comedies--1930-1950. Fencing--1930-1950. Crowns--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,765 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 396_The_Federal_Theater_pre_1936 |
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