The Federal Theatres One third of a nation / Leon Carlin. – 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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The Federal Theatres One third of a nation / Leon Carlin.
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This WPA poster advertises *One Third of a Nation*, a Federal theater Project production whose title comes from Franklin Roosevelt's 1937 inaugural remark about Americans who were ill-housed and ill-nourished. Arthur Arent's Living Newspaper play dealt with bad housing, and the record ties the poster to theatrical productions and housing conditions in Pennsylvania during the 1930s. Leon Carlin's color silkscreen shows the bold, graphic style the Federal theater used to publicize its work.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibit loan 3684-L. · Arent Arthur. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Housing--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,649 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 682_The_Federal_Theatres_On_1936 |
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