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Priorities on parade – Historic Reproduction

Priorities on parade — vintage poster
Priorities on parade. Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 vintage poster of Priorities on parade brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The poster's three performers, comedian Jerry Colonna and dancers and singers Ann Miller and Betty Rhodes, set it apart from other entertainment posters of the period. The title "Priorities on Parade" points to the wartime priority system, which in 1942 governed the allocation of scarce materials and goods, and the piece likely promoted a musical comedy of that year built around the home-front mood. Posters like this one were printed in large numbers and hung in theaters, shops and public spaces, so they reflect how Hollywood tried to keep audiences cheerful while rationing and war production reshaped daily life.

Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 91 x 36 cm.
Notes[S.l. : s.n.], c1942.
SubjectsColonna, Jerry,--d. 1986--Performances. Miller, Ann,--1923---Performances. Rhodes, Betty,--1921---Performances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,891 × 6,122 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-225972

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