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The shoe bears A marionette play. – Vintage Poster

The shoe bears A marionette play., 1936 — vintage poster
The shoe bears A marionette play., 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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: The shoe bears A marionette play., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Sioux City, Iowa, is the setting for this 1936 silkscreen poster advertising a marionette play called *The Shoe Bears*, a title that hints at a bear character in the story. Federal Art Project designers produced posters like this one to promote the community theater and puppet shows that the Works Progress Administration sponsored during the Depression. The silkscreen method, which let artists print bold flat areas of color cheaply in large runs, was one of the program's signature techniques. A January 1941 date stamp on the back suggests the sheet stayed in circulation or storage for several years after it was printed.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Jan 13 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsTheatrical productions--Iowa--Sioux City--1930-1950. Bears--1930-1950. Puppets--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,778 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference245_The_shoe_bears_A_marion_1936

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