Pet show WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Gregg. – 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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Pet show WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Gregg.
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A pet show, run by the recreation project of District No. 2 in the "Gregg" listing, is the particular subject here, and it makes this one of the more lighthearted posters on the board. Printed in silkscreen color in 1936, it belongs to the WPA poster series, which advertised free public events and services during the Depression. Recreation programs like this gave Illinois communities low-cost ways to gather, and a show featuring dogs and other pets was an easy draw for families and children. A date stamp on the reverse, April 3, 1939, shows the poster was still in circulation several years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 3 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 168 · Federal Writers Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Animal shows--Illinois--1930-1940. Recreation--Illinois--1930-1940. Pets--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 998 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 64_Pet_show_WPA_recreation_1936 |
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