WPA Federal Music Project presents a series of programs every wednesday evening at 8: – 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 rare vintage poster captures WPA Federal Music Project presents a series of programs every wednesday evening at 8: in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Advertising a standing schedule of programs every Wednesday evening at 8, this 1942 silkscreen poster invites New Yorkers to a regular series of free concerts. The Federal Music Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, put unemployed musicians to work performing and teaching during the Depression, and its programs reached audiences who could rarely afford a ticket. The color silkscreen process was a favorite of WPA poster units, which used it to publicize cultural events cheaply and in bold, eye-catching designs. The Federal Music Project wound down in 1943 as federal relief programs gave way to wartime needs.
| Created / published | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Music--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Music education--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,757 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 735_WPA_Federal_Music_Proje_1942 |
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