Turn to the right The laugh hit! – Antique Poster Print
(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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Turn to the right The laugh hit! 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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Turn to the right The laugh hit!
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Turn to the right" reads like a road sign, and that is the joke. The poster borrows the look of traffic directions to steer viewers toward a Federal theater Project production in California, with "The laugh hit!" as the pitch. Silkscreen printing was a workhorse of the WPA poster program, since its flat, bold color blocks were cheap to reproduce and easy to read from across a street. Made in 1936, the year the Federal theater Project was in full swing, it reflects the program's effort to bring low-cost live theater to audiences during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--1930-1940. Traffic signs & signals--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,815 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 843_Turn_to_the_right_The_l_1936 |
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