The Federal Theatre presents Elmer Rices Judgement day First time in San Diego. – Vintage Poster
(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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The Federal Theatre presents Elmer Rices Judgement day First time in San Diego. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Federal Theatre presents Elmer Rices Judgement day First time in San Diego.
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The lettering announces Elmer Rice's *Judgment Day* as a first-ever San Diego staging, a local premiere that the Federal theater Project brought to the city in 1938. Rice was a prominent American playwright, and the Federal theater Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration, put people back to work in theater during the Depression and sent productions to communities that rarely saw live drama. The poster was made in silkscreen, a method the WPA poster units used widely to print inexpensive, bold graphics for public notices.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Rice Elmer 1892-1967. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--San Diego--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,771 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 819_The_Federal_Theatre_pre_1938 |
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