Federal Theatre presents Processional by John Howard Lawson The first modern American – Vintage Poster
(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 Federal Theatre presents Processional by John Howard Lawson The first modern American, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Federal Theatre presents Processional by John Howard Lawson The first modern American
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Lawson's *Processional*, a play about a mining town and its strikers, is the subject of this silkscreen poster, which advertises a Federal theater Project production in New York City. The Federal theater was one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 to put actors, writers, and stage crews back to work during the Depression. Its posters were made by artists of the Federal Art Project, who used the inexpensive silkscreen process to produce bold, colorful advertising. The play's title is printed in large letters, and a date stamped on the back shows the sheet was in circulation by December 1937.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Dec 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 289 · Lawson John Howard 1894- Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 996 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 865_Federal_Theatre_present_1936 |
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