See America Welcome to Montana / R. Halls. – 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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This vintage poster of See America Welcome to Montana / R. Halls. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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See America Welcome to Montana / R. Halls.
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The subject here is Montana, a state the "See America" series presented as a destination in its own right. R. Halls designed the poster in 1936 for the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which used posters like this to encourage Americans to travel within their own country during the Depression, when distant trips were out of reach for many families. Silkscreen suited the job because it produced flat, bold areas of color and could be printed in multiples at low cost. A date stamp on the back, September 2, 1938, shows the sheet was still in circulation or storage two years after it was made.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 134 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Tourism--Montana--1930-1940. Montana--1930-1940.United States--Montana. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,204 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 731_See_America_Welcome_to_1936 |
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