Federal group - Century of progress / W.L. Stensgaard & Associates, Inc. – Antique Print
![Federal group - Century of progress / W.L. Stensgaard & Associates, Inc., Chicago : [1934] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a8/a80c816bffac-L.webp)
(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 Federal group - Century of progress / W.L. Stensgaard & Associates, Inc.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Federal group - Century of progress / W.L. Stensgaard & Associates, Inc.
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This poster presents the federal exhibition buildings at the Century of Progress International Exposition, the Chicago world's fair that ran along the lakefront in 1933 and 1934. Its design, with the group of buildings set out as a single architectural subject, reflects how the fair organized its displays around showcase structures. The fair marked a century since Chicago's founding as a city and drew large crowds during the Depression, with its streamlined modern architecture presenting a hopeful view of technology and national progress. Chicago firm W.L. Stensgaard & Associates produced the screen print, one of many promotional posters that carried the fair's image across the country.
| Created / published | Chicago : [1934] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen ; 76 x 40 cm. |
| Genre | Posters American 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Mounted on cardboard easel. Promotional goal: U.S. C29. 1934. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1997:088). |
| Subjects | Century of Progress International Exposition--(1933-1934 :--Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings. Exhibition buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,727 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221722 |
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