The Federal Theatre Project presents Day is darkness in 3 acts The famous anti-nazi p – 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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This rare vintage poster captures The Federal Theatre Project presents Day is darkness in 3 acts The famous anti-nazi p in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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This silkscreen poster advertises a Federal theater Project production in California, staged in 1939, with a title that marks it as a stage work openly hostile to the Nazi regime. The Federal theater Project was a New Deal program that put unemployed theater workers to work, and its productions often took on current political questions that commercial houses avoided. Its posters were made by WPA artists, many working in silkscreen, a method that let designers produce bold, flat areas of color in quantity. In 1939 Congress cut off the Federal theater's funding, so this poster captures the program in its final year.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--1930-1940. Anti-Nazi movement--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,694 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 66_The_Federal_Theatre_Pro_1939 |
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