Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip. – Vintage Print
(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 Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.
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The hippopotamus is the animal this Brookfield Zoo poster puts at the center, a detail that sets it apart from other zoo images of the period. Brookfield, in suburban Chicago, opened in 1934 with moated, open-air enclosures meant to replace the barred cages of older zoos, and the Federal Art Project's poster unit produced works like this to promote such public attractions. The silkscreen print is dated 1936, and a date stamp of August 1938 on its reverse suggests it stayed in circulation for some time.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1938. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Zoos--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Hippopotamuses--Illinois--1930-1940. Brookfield Zoo (Ill.)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,776 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 32_Information_Brookfield_1936 |
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