Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents It ca – Vintage Poster
(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: Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents It ca, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents It ca
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Few posters on this board put a dictator at the center of the design, but this 1936 silkscreen from the Detroit Federal theater Unit does, showing Hitler among soldiers in a crowd of saluting, raised fists. The production was an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel *It Can't Happen Here*, which imagined a populist politician seizing power in the United States and building a fascist state. The image therefore warns about home-grown authoritarianism as much as it comments on Europe. The Federal theater Project, a Works Progress Administration program, mounted the play in cities across the country, and the poster was designed to draw audiences into a story that spoke directly to the political debates of the day.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 4165-L. · Lewis Sinclair 1885-1951. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Hitler Adolf 1889-1945--Portrayals. Theatrical productions--Michigan--Detroit--1930-1940. Soldiers--1930-1940. Saluting--1930-1940. Fists--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 979 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 604_Detroit_Federal_Theatre_1936 |
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