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The United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island, city of New York, opened February 1, 1937 / Herzog. – Antique Print

The United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island, city of New York, opened February 1, 1937 / Herzog., NYC : Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, [1937] — vintage poster
The United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island, city of New York, opened February 1, 1937 / Herzog., NYC : Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, [1937]. Vintage poster from the New York City 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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Staten Island's waterfront is the setting for this silkscreen, which announces the opening of the first foreign trade zone in the United States on February 1, 1937. The 1934 law that allowed such zones let imported goods be stored, handled, and reworked without paying duties until they left the zone, a practical boost for the busy port of New York. Created by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, the poster pairs shipping and smokestacks to suggest the industry the new zone was meant to draw. Its date stamp on the back shows it was in circulation by early 1938.

Created / publishedNYC : Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, [1937]
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
GenrePosters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Jan 6 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 191
SubjectsShipping--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Smokestacks--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,140 × 1,458 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218898

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