A guide to the golden state from the past to the present California history and cultu – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of A guide to the golden state from the past to the present California history and cultu. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A guide to the golden state from the past to the present California history and cultu
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Few posters from the WPA promote a book as directly as this one, which advertises a guide to the Golden State put out by the Federal Writers' Project of Northern California in 1936. The project was one of several white-collar programs run under the Works Progress Administration during the Depression, and its American Guide Series eventually covered every state. The California volume aimed to tell the state's past and present together, from early settlement to the growing tourism that was drawing visitors west. The poster was made by silkscreen, a method the WPA poster units used to produce inexpensive, bold images for public display.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| 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. 252 · Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California sponsor. |
| Subjects | American guide series. Tourism--California--1930-1950. Books--1930-1950.United States--California. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,804 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 37_A_guide_to_the_golden_s_1936 |
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