Be Kind to Books Club – Vintage Wall Art
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Be Kind to Books Club comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Be Kind to Books Club
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Rather than a scene or a place, this poster makes its case with a question printed across the design: "Are You a Member?" It promotes the Be Kind to Books Club, a message aimed at readers who were asked to treat library books with care. Arlington Gregg made it under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in Illinois, where Chicago artists produced posters for public agencies, schools and libraries during the late 1930s. The silkscreen process, with its flat, saturated color, was a practical choice for these inexpensive runs, and the poster shows how New Deal art was used to make civic messages visible on city streets and in public buildings.
| Created / published | c. 1936-1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print on board, poster, silkscreen, color |
| Notes | Are You a Member? Arlington Gregg. WPA Illinois Art Project, Chicago, Ill |
| Original scan | 1,455 × 2,284 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173284 |
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