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Pet show - WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 – Vintage Poster Wall Art

Pet show - WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2, 1936 — vintage poster
Pet show - WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2, 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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 pet show poster from Illinois makes an unusually lighthearted entry in the WPA's output. This 1936 silkscreen, issued under the District No. 2 recreation project, announces a community event for dog owners and their animals. Recreation programs were a regular part of Works Progress Administration work across the country, and local notices like this one were often printed by silkscreen, which produced bold, flat color in quantity. The date stamped on the back, April 3, 1939, falls three years after the poster was made.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Apr 3 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Writers Project sponsor.
SubjectsAnimal shows--Illinois--1930-1940. Dogs--Illinois--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,851 × 4,096 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference63_Pet_show_WPA_recreatio_1936

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