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Slums breed crime. United States Housing Authority / Beall. – Antique Wall Art

Slums breed crime. United States Housing Authority / Beall., [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941. — vintage poster
Slums breed crime. United States Housing Authority / Beall., [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941.. Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive 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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Step back in time with Slums breed crime. United States Housing Authority / Beall., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Unlike many housing posters of the era, this one draws a direct line between the slum itself and lawlessness, with a police officer as its central figure. The United States Housing Authority, a federal agency created under the Housing Act of 1937, issued it to build support for public housing and slum clearance. The designer is credited only as Beall, most likely the graphic designer Lester Beall, whose bold modernist posters were widely admired in the 1930s and 1940s. Printed by the Government Printing Office in Washington, it reflects the New Deal argument that better housing would make neighborhoods safer.

Created / published[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenrePosters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. G9. 1941.
SubjectsUnited States Housing Authority--1940-1950. Slums--United States--1940-1950. Police--United States--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,258 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184716

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