Federal WPA Variety Theatre presents vaudeville 9 big acts (S) Comedy singing dancing. – Vintage Poster 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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Federal WPA Variety Theatre presents vaudeville 9 big acts (S) Comedy singing dancing. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Federal WPA Variety Theatre presents vaudeville 9 big acts (S) Comedy singing dancing.
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Few entries in the Works Progress Administration's poster output capture the Federal theater Project's lighter side as directly as this silkscreen advertisement for a vaudeville bill of nine acts, promising comedy, singing and dancing. The Federal theater Project was one of several arts programs created under the Works Progress Administration to put unemployed actors, writers, designers and stagehands back to work during the Great Depression. Its New York productions drew large audiences with low ticket prices, and its posters were printed by artists on the federal rolls using the silkscreen method, which gave them flat, bold color. The verso date stamp of June 4, 1937, records when this copy was processed into the Library of Congress collection.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Vaudeville shows--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,772 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 823_Federal_WPA_Variety_The_1936 |
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