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Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936. – Vintage Wall Art

Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936., [New York City : Federal Art Project], 1936. — vintage poster
Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936., [New York City : Federal Art Project], 1936.. Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive 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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Step back in time with Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Amateur contest for children Final eliminations, Sept. 24, 1936.

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An amateur contest for children, with final eliminations on September 24, 1936, is the event this poster announces, and its subject headings point to pianos, so the competition likely featured young musicians. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced it in New York City. The WPA employed artists to make inexpensive silkscreen posters that could be printed in quantity and posted around the city to advertise concerts, exhibitions and community events. Its flat areas of color and bold lettering reflect that style, and a date stamp on the back shows it was still in circulation in December 1936.

Created / published[New York City : Federal Art Project], 1936.
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
GenrePosters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Dec 18 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 184 Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2004-05.
SubjectsChildren--1930-1940. Contests--1930-1940. Pianos--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,140 × 1,471 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218987

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