The merry musical satire Ready! Aim! Fire! – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with The merry musical satire Ready! Aim! Fire!, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The merry musical satire Ready! Aim! Fire!
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Few posters on this board pair explosions with musical notation, a combination that hints at a satire built on noise and rhythm. It advertises *Ready! Aim! Fire!*, a musical satire sponsored by the Federal theater Project, the Works Progress Administration branch that employed actors, writers and stagehands during the Depression. The silkscreen color process was a signature technique of WPA poster workshops, which produced bold, flat-color art for theater and public notices alike. Its California subject heading ties the show to the Federal theater's activity on the West Coast.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Musical revues & comedies--California--1930-1940. Musical notation--1930-1940. Explosions--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,836 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 413_The_merry_musical_satir_1937 |
More from the WPA Posters collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![Follow the parade [at the] Amphitheatre Exposition grounds A musical revue as modern](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fe/fe3c970c3c8c-400.webp)
