While visiting the Fair commute by land or water to beautiful Sea Cliff L.I. 250 feet – Historic Poster 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 While visiting the Fair commute by land or water to beautiful Sea Cliff L.I. 250 feet, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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While visiting the Fair commute by land or water to beautiful Sea Cliff L.I. 250 feet
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Few WPA posters promote a village by its cliffs, but this one invites fairgoers to reach Sea Cliff on Long Island's North Shore, a bluff-top community 250 feet above the water, by land or by sea. Printed as a silkscreen in 1938 and sponsored by the village itself, it also credits the Federal theater Project, a reminder that WPA artists produced civic promotion as well as cultural work. A February 1939 date stamp on the back shows it was circulating just as the New York World's Fair was getting ready to open.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by the village of Sea Cliff. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York Worlds Fair (1939-1940) Waterfronts--New York (State)--Sea Cliff--1930-1940. Tourism--New York (State)--Sea Cliff--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,741 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 849_While_visiting_the_Fair_1938 |
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