World's fair - Chicago - 1934 Tour the world at the fair--See fifteen foreign villages / Weimer Pursell. – Historic Print
(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 World's fair - Chicago - 1934 Tour the world at the fair--See fifteen foreign villages / Weimer Pursell. 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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World's fair - Chicago - 1934 Tour the world at the fair--See fifteen foreign villages / Weimer Pursell.
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Few fair posters promise a journey around the world as directly as this one, which invites visitors to tour fifteen foreign villages at Chicago's Century of Progress International Exposition. The fair ran along the lakefront in 1933 and 1934 to celebrate a century of the city's growth, and its Midway held reconstructed villages meant to show everyday life in other countries. Designed by Weimer Pursell and printed by the Neely Printing Company in 1934, this color silkscreen reflects the bold, simplified style common in commercial posters of the decade. It is a useful record of how the fair sold itself to the public in its second season.
| Created / published | Chicago : Neely Printing Company, 1934. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen ; 58 x 40 cm. |
| Genre | Exhibition posters American 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Title from item. Promotional goal: U.S. K6. 1934. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1997:040). |
| Subjects | Century of Progress International Exposition--(1933-1934 :--Chicago, Ill.)--Exhibitions & displays. Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,806 × 4,687 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220169 |
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