Mystery veils the desert - National parks / Dorothy Waugh. – Vintage Wall Art
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Mystery veils the desert - National parks / Dorothy Waugh.
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Its title, "Mystery Veils the Desert," sets the tone: a lithograph in which the desert is presented as something to explore on horseback rather than simply pass through. The record credits Dorothy Waugh and dates the poster to roughly 1930 to 1940, a period when the National Park Service and related federal agencies used posters like this to encourage Americans to visit western parks as car travel and leisure touring grew. Its subjects, desert landscape, horseback riding, and national parks, suggest the design was meant to sell the appeal of wide open western scenery to prospective visitors.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1940?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 101 x 69 cm. |
| Genre | Posters American 1930-1940.Lithographs 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. E8. 193-. |
| Subjects | Deserts--United States--1930-1940. Horseback riding--United States--1930-1940. National parks & reserves--United States--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,686 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221637 |
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