Occupations related to household arts – 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 Occupations related to household arts. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Occupations related to household arts
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Few posters from the Work Projects Administration focus on household trades, which makes this 1938 silkscreen unusual in the collection. Its title, "Occupations related to household arts," and its Ohio subject point to the period's interest in training people for domestic and service work. The Federal Art Project's poster division produced silkscreen prints like this one as low-cost public information, and the date stamped on the back, March 10, 1938, places it in the middle of the program's most active years. Its record also notes the Ohio setting, a reminder that federal art projects reached communities well beyond the largest cities.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 10 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Domestic life--Ohio--1930-1940. Occupations--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,756 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 511_Occupations_related_to_1938 |
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