Parks exhibition International Building Rockefeller Center / executed by Mayors Poste – 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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A window into the past: Parks exhibition International Building Rockefeller Center / executed by Mayors Poste, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Parks exhibition International Building Rockefeller Center / executed by Mayors Poste
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The Parks exhibition at the International Building in Rockefeller Center, which this poster advertises, was a 1936 showing of New York State park planning and design. The poster was printed in silkscreen, a technique the Federal Art Project's New York workshop used to produce inexpensive, bold-colored posters for public events during the Depression. Its verso bears an April 1937 date stamp, which suggests it passed through the Works Progress Administration's poster distribution network. Such posters were pasted on storefronts, schools, and public buildings, so surviving examples show how the New Deal promoted public recreation and civic art.
| 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). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Parks--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,712 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 567_Parks_exhibition_Intern_1936 |
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