Learn to swim campaign Classes for all ages forming in all pools / Wagner. – 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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Learn to swim campaign Classes for all ages forming in all pools / Wagner.
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Few posters from the period promise swimming instruction so directly, calling for classes for all ages in every pool in the city. Designed by John Wagner and printed in silkscreen in 1936, it was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, whose poster units issued public notices on health, recreation, and other community services. The 1930s saw New York build many new public pools, and this print's catalog subjects also include segregation, a reminder that access to those pools was not equal for everyone.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jul 22 1940. Poster design by John Wagner. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Swimming--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Diving--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Segregation--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,709 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 508_Learn_to_swim_campaign_1936 |
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