See America Welcome to Montana / Rothstein. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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: See America Welcome to Montana / Rothstein., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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See America Welcome to Montana / Rothstein.
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This WPA silkscreen poster from 1936 invites travelers to Montana under the banner "See America," a slogan of the Federal Art Project's tourism campaigns. Arthur Rothstein, a photographer better known for his Farm Security Administration pictures, is credited here, and the image pairs a tipi with the state's open landscape to sell the idea of the West as a destination. The poster's verso bears a September 1938 date stamp, showing it was circulated or filed two years after it was designed. Its Library of Congress record places it within the larger WPA Poster Collection, where many such works promoted regional tourism during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 132 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Tourism--Montana--1930-1940. Tipis--Montana--1930-1940. Montana--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,512 × 5,000 px · prints to 12 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 729_See_America_Welcome_to_1936 |
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