Federal Theatre Project presents Created equal by John Hunter Booth A dramatic chroni – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Federal Theatre Project presents Created equal by John Hunter Booth A dramatic chroni. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Federal Theatre Project presents Created equal by John Hunter Booth A dramatic chroni
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Springfield, Illinois, is where Abraham Lincoln practiced law and raised his family before leaving for Washington in 1861, and this 1938 poster advertises a stage production set in that city's history, John Hunter Booth's dramatic chronicle *Created Equal*. The title echoes the Declaration of Independence and Lincoln's own words. The Federal theater Project, a New Deal program that employed out-of-work actors, writers and technicians, sponsored the show, and the Federal Art Project's silkscreen unit produced the artwork. Posters like this were printed by hand in small runs, and their flat, bold color and simple lettering reflect the quick, inexpensive methods the WPA art units used to reach local audiences.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Auspices of American Youth Council. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Illinois--Springfield--1930-1940. Historical dramas--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,754 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 674_Federal_Theatre_Project_1938 |
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