Reduced fire hazard thru planned housing – Antique Wall Art
(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 rare vintage poster captures Reduced fire hazard thru planned housing in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Here the case for public housing rests on fire safety, stated plainly in the title of this 1936 silkscreen poster for the New York City Housing Authority: reduced fire hazard through planned housing. Crowded older tenements had long been associated with deadly blazes, and the new projects were designed to replace them with better-spaced, safer buildings. The poster was issued under the Works Progress Administration, with the Federal theater Project listed as sponsor, and it names Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia and Housing Authority Commissioner Langdon W. Post.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Commissoner. · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York City Housing Authority--Public relations--1930-1940. Fire--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. City planning--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Housing--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,789 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 361_Reduced_fire_hazard_thr_1936 |
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