Pierre van Paasen noted foreign correspondent & author will discuss democracys last s – 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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A window into the past: Pierre van Paasen noted foreign correspondent & author will discuss democracys last s, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pierre van Paasen noted foreign correspondent & author will discuss democracys last s
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This silkscreen poster announces a 1940 talk in Iowa by Pierre van Paasen, a foreign correspondent and author whose reporting from Europe in the 1930s made him a known voice on the rise of fascism. The lecture's title, which begins "Democracy's Last S...", reflects the anxiety of an autumn when Germany had overrun much of Western Europe, including the Netherlands, van Paasen's homeland. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project produced posters like this one to publicize community events, and the date stamped on the back, October 29, 1940, places the piece during the run-up to the U.S. presidential election.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Paasen Pierre van. Public speaking--Iowa--1940. Democracy--United States--1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,809 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 502_Pierre_van_Paasen_noted_1940 |
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