This is the storekeeper He sells the things that are good for you to eat (S) He must ke – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with This is the storekeeper He sells the things that are good for you to eat (S) He must ke, a vintage poster rich in period detail. 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 title of this 1936 poster introduces its subject as a storekeeper who sells foods that are good for you and who must keep his shop clean enough to earn customers' trust. Theodore Ward designed it as a silkscreen print, a method the Works Progress Administration's poster program used widely during the Depression to make inexpensive, eye-catching images for public information campaigns. The subject headings place the message among markets, merchants, food, and sanitation in New York State in the 1930s, when local health education often reached grocers and shoppers through posters like this one. A date stamp on the back, April 1937, shows the print was filed within a year of its creation.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Ward Theodore 1902-1983. |
| Subjects | Markets--New York (State)--1930-1940. Merchants--New York (State)--1930-1940. Food--New York (State)--1930-1940. Sanitation--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,407 × 3,078 px · prints to 8 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 610_This_is_the_storekeeper_1936 |
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