Behind the headlines – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Behind the headlines. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Stamped on the back with a September 7, 1939 date, this silkscreen poster from the Illinois unit of the Federal Art Project takes the newspaper as its subject, a fitting choice for a moment when the war in Europe was filling front pages. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1, and Britain and France declared war within days, so American readers were following fast-breaking news from overseas. The title, *Behind the headlines*, points to the poster's aim of looking past the rush of headlines toward what the news meant. Posters like this were made under the New Deal's Work Projects Administration, which employed artists to produce public-information graphics.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 196 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Communications. Newspapers--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,040 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 751_Behind_the_headlines_1939 |
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