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The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr – Historic Poster Reproduction

The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr, 1937 — vintage poster
The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr, 1937. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters 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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A window into the past: The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The poster announces a milestone in shipping: the opening in February 1937 of the first foreign trade zone in the United States, on Staten Island in New York Harbor. Within such a zone, imported goods could be unloaded, stored, and handled without paying customs duties until they were moved into the domestic market. The poster names Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Department of Docks Commissioner John McKenzie, reflecting the city's role in building the facility. Its silkscreen design, produced under the Works Progress Administration's Federal theater Project, pairs the ocean liners of the port with the commerce they carried, and its creases and tears show the wear of decades of handling.

Created / published1937
Medium1 print (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesF.H. La Guardia Mayor - City of New York Department of Docks - John McKenzie Commissioner. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Creased and torn in places along folds. · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.
SubjectsOcean liners--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Commerce--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,766 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference417_The_United_States_first_1937

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