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Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari. – Historic Poster Reproduction

Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari., 1936 — vintage poster
Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari., 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters 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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Step back in time with Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari.

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Unlike the many WPA posters that promote theater, art, or music, this one advertises a hiking outing from the recreation program in Illinois, with its district number printed in the title. Recreation projects of the Works Progress Administration in the mid-1930s offered low-cost sports, games, and outdoor activities to communities hit hard by the Depression. The poster is a silkscreen print, a method the WPA's poster workshops used because it was cheap to reproduce in quantity and bold in color. Its record also links it to the Federal theater Project, a reminder that the WPA's poster shops produced material for several of its divisions.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Apr 1 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Hopwood Avery 1882-1928. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.
SubjectsHiking--Illinois--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,400 × 3,799 px · prints to 8 × 13 in at 300 dpi
Reference669_Hiking_WPA_recreation_p_1936

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