Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln the great commoner – 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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Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln the great commoner comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln the great commoner
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The poster advertises a 1936 Big Tent theater production of *Abraham Lincoln the Great Commoner* in Illinois, the state where Lincoln built his law practice and political career. It was issued under the Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed actors, designers and artists during the Depression and took live theater to towns that rarely saw it. The poster is attributed to an artist named Carken and printed as a silkscreen, a relatively inexpensive method the WPA's poster units used to produce large runs of advertising.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Attributed to Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865--Portrayals. Theatrical productions--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,790 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 689_Big_tent_theatre_now_p_1936 |
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