Yale – Vintage 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 Yale. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few posters from the first decade of the twentieth century promote a university's athletics as directly as this color piece advertising Yale's track and field program. Printed around 1908 and copyrighted by Charles W. Beck Jr., it bears the artist's pictograph in place of a written signature. Intercollegiate sport, Yale's included, drew wide public interest in these years, and promotional work like this was meant to build school loyalty and attract attention to athletic events. Its bold color and simplified figures reflect the graphic style of commercial posters of the period.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1900-1910.Prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1908. Copyright by Charles W. Beck, Jr. Signed with artist's pictograph. |
| Subjects | Yale University--Sports--1900-1910. Track and field--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,463 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217119 |
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