Rotten living Decent living through planned housing. – 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 1936 silkscreen poster sets its message in the language of contrast: "Rotten living" on one side, "Decent living through planned housing" on the other. It was produced under the Works Progress Administration's federal arts program and carries the name of the New York City Housing Authority, then led by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, as its public-relations sponsor. Posters like this one were meant to persuade ordinary New Yorkers that slum clearance and public housing were worth supporting during the Depression, when many families were crowded into aging tenements. The design is attributed to John Wagner, and the poster is a useful window into how city planners tried to sell housing reform to the public.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Poster design attributed to John Wagner. New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Commissoner. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 222 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. City planning--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,188 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 355_Rotten_living_Decent_li_1936 |
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