The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island city of New York opened Febr – 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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The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island city of New York opened Febr
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This silkscreen poster announces the opening of the first foreign trade zone in the United States, on Staten Island in New York City, which opened in February 1937. Inside such a zone, imported goods could be stored, handled, and reshipped without paying customs duties until they entered the domestic market, a practical aim during the economic strain of the Depression. The poster was produced under the Works Progress Administration's federal art program, which hired artists to make public notices, and its stacks and shipping imagery mark the port's industrial work. A date stamp on the back records January 1938, roughly a year after the zone opened.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date 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 · Chekhov Anton Pavlovich 1860-1904. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Shipping--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Smokestacks--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,209 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 846_The_United_States_first_1937 |
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