Harvest festival on the mall Central Park / M. Weitzman. – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Harvest festival on the mall Central Park / M. Weitzman. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Harvest festival on the mall Central Park / M. Weitzman.
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Set on the Mall in Central Park, this 1936 poster promotes a harvest festival with dancers, one of the many events the Federal theater Project staged to bring live performance into public spaces during the Depression. It was printed in silkscreen, a method the Works Progress Administration's poster units used because it produced bold, flat color on inexpensive paper. A June 1937 date stamped on the back suggests the board stayed in circulation or storage well after it was first made. The subject tags also list dancers, a reminder that much of the Federal theater's work depended on movement and spectacle as well as drama.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Pond Donald. Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Festivals--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Dancers--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,771 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 495_Harvest_festival_on_the_1936 |
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