Cradle snatchers Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse. – 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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A window into the past: Cradle snatchers Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cradle snatchers Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse.
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The poster advertises a production of *Cradle Snatchers* at the Pickering Park Playhouse in San Bernardino, California, a comedy by Russell G. Medcraft and Norma Mitchell that had earlier played on Broadway. In 1936 the Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored productions like this one to keep theater workers employed during the Depression, and its posters were often made to publicize local shows. The silkscreen color design is worth a close look as an example of the bold, flat style that WPA artists used to make inexpensive posters eye-catching.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Medcraft Russell G. Mitchell Norma. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--San Bernardino--1930-1940. Courtship--1930-1940. Comedies--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,771 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 379_Cradle_snatchers_Cradle_1936 |
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