Harmonica contest on the mall Central Park Final championship. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Harmonica contest on the mall Central Park Final championship. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Harmonica contest on the mall Central Park Final championship.
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Children gathering on the mall in Central Park for a final championship is the scene this poster promotes, a recreation event spread through the city's playgrounds. The notice tells young players to get an application and rehearsal dates from the playground director, and it names the Harmonica Institute of America as sponsor of prizes for borough winners, over the signature of Borrah Minevitch, the harmonica virtuoso who led the Harmonica Rascals. Issued by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York, it reflects the 1930s effort to fill public spaces with free community activity and to employ artists in making its publicity. A stamp on the back, dated April 16, 1937, places it in the spring of that year.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Caption continues: Ask the playground director for an application & rehearsal dates. Prizes will be awarded to borough winners by The Harmonica Institute of America [signed] Borrah Minevitch Director. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Parks sponsor. |
| Subjects | Contests--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Mouth organs--1930-1940. Children--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,163 × 1,464 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 348_Harmonica_contest_on_th_1936 |
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