A Federal Theatre Project presentation American wing a pulsating New England drama by – Vintage Poster
(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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A window into the past: A Federal Theatre Project presentation American wing a pulsating New England drama by, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Holyoke, Massachusetts, the mill city on the Connecticut River, is the setting this 1938 poster advertises, promoting a production billed as a "pulsating New England drama." It was issued under the Federal theater Project, the arm of the Works Progress Administration that put unemployed actors, designers, and writers to work during the Depression, and the record credits artist Jennings Talbot. The color silkscreen technique was a specialty of the WPA poster units, which used inexpensive stencil printing to advertise plays, concerts, and classes across the country. Its bold flat shapes and regional subject make it a useful record of how the project marketed local theater.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Jennings Talbot. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Massachusetts--Holyoke--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,719 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 820_A_Federal_Theatre_Proje_1938 |
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