The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr – Antique Poster Print
(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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The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr
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The poster promotes the Staten Island zone, which the title identifies as the first foreign trade zone in the United States, opened in February 1937 at the Port of New York. Such zones let imported goods be stored, handled, and processed without paying customs duties until they entered American commerce. The printed credits name Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Department of Docks Commissioner John McKenzie, tying the piece to the city's port administration. The silkscreen was designed by Howard Sidney Coe, a Works Progress Administration poster artist who died in 1939, and its ocean liner subject reflects the busy shipping traffic the port was built to serve.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Aug 31 1937. F.H. La Guardia Mayor - City of New York Department of Docks - John McKenzie Commissioner. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 6 · Howard Sidney Coe 1891-1939. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Ocean liners--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 834 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 757_The_United_States_first_1937 |
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