Triple a plowed under – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Triple a plowed under 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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Plowing under surplus crops and livestock was one of the New Deal's most controversial farm policies, and this 1936 Los Angeles poster advertises a stage production that dramatized it. The play, *Triple-A Plowed Under*, was a Federal theater Project "Living Newspaper," a form that turned current events and government programs into fast-moving documentary drama. The silkscreen print was made under the Work Projects Administration, and its bold flat color reflects the technique the WPA's poster units used to promote theater, music and art programs to the public.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| 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--Los Angeles--1930-1940. Plowing--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,779 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 783_Triple_a_plowed_under_1936 |
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