Federal government sponsored classes in war training for industry – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Federal government sponsored classes in war training for industry in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Federal government sponsored classes in war training for industry
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Training for war work is the subject of this 1941 silkscreen, produced under the Federal Art Project to promote federally sponsored classes for industry. The record ties it to the University of Southern California and to Los Angeles, where defense training programs in 1940 and 1941 were preparing workers for the aircraft, shipbuilding and machine trades that expanded before the United States entered World War II. The WPA poster division favored silkscreen because it allowed inexpensive runs of bold, flat color that could be posted in public places, and here that method carries a direct appeal to skilled labor as the nation mobilized.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | University of Southern California--1940-1950. World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects. Education--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,774 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 528_Federal_government_spon_1941 |
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