History of civic services in the city of New York Water supply No. 2 (S) The tea water – Historic Reproduction
(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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The Tea Water Pump, shown here in this color silkscreen, was a public pump in colonial New York, and its name reflected the belief that its spring water was clean enough for brewing tea. In the 1750s, residents relied on wells, springs and pumps like this one, since the city had no piped water system yet. The Federal Art Project produced the print around 1936 as part of a WPA series on the history of municipal services, linking a colonial public amenity to the government works of the Depression years.
| Created / published | 1699 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 278 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | History--New York (State)--New York--1750. Municipal services--New York (State)--New York--1750. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1750. Water supply--New York (State)--New York--1750. New York (N.Y.)--1750. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 997 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 352_History_of_civic_servic_1699 |
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