Two a day is leaving soon – 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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Two a day is leaving soon in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A silkscreen poster from 1936 that announces a Los Angeles stage production with the blunt line "Two a day is leaving soon," a hurry-up phrase that doubles as a nod to the vaudeville habit of two performances daily. It was made under the Federal theater Project, one arm of the Works Progress Administration's federal arts program, which put unemployed actors, designers, and playwrights to work during the Depression and staged plays for ticket prices most working people could afford. The Work Projects Administration poster collection that holds it is among the best records of how those theaters advertised, since their posters often mixed bold lettering with flat, color-blocked graphics. Look closely at the layered inks, which show how silkscreen was adapted for cheap, durable public notices.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,762 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 887_Two_a_day_is_leaving_so_1936 |
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