Port of Philadelphia – 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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This vintage poster of Port of Philadelphia brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Port of Philadelphia
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The Port of Philadelphia poster is a 1936 color woodblock print, produced under the Federal Art Project, that shows the city's working waterfront at a time when its piers and freight traffic were central to regional commerce. The blocks were cut by Domenic Rotoli, a printmaker who worked on several WPA posters, and the design reflects the program's effort to promote public services and local industries through affordable, widely displayed art. Part of the Library of Congress's Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, it captures the Depression-era push to publicize American ports and shipping as sources of jobs and national trade.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : woodblock color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domenic Rotoli. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Shipping--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1930-1940. Piers & wharves--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,809 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 781_Port_of_Philadelphia_1936 |
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