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Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid Up where winter calls to play. – Vintage Poster

Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid Up where winter calls to play., 1936 — vintage poster
Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid Up where winter calls to play., 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid Up where winter calls to play.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The bobsled run at Lake Placid, in New York's Adirondack Mountains, is the focus of this poster. The village hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics, and its track became a landmark of American winter sport. Produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, the design uses flat silkscreen color and flags to present the mountains as a winter destination during the Depression, when federal programs employed artists to make public posters. A February 1938 date stamp appears on the back.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsBobsleds--New York (State)--Lake Placid--1930-1940. Sports & recreation facilities--New York (State)--Lake Placid--1930-1940. Flags--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan3,241 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference262_Olympic_bobsled_run_Lak_1936

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