Visit the aquarium – Vintage Wall Art
![Visit the aquarium, Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ad/ad9bc2cd8ef1-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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Visit the aquarium comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Jellyfish drifting in dark water give this WPA poster its particular character, since the design singles out the translucent creatures that visitors to a Pennsylvania aquarium would most want to see. Hugh Stevenson designed it in Philadelphia for the Federal Art Project, one of the New Deal programs that paid artists to make posters promoting public institutions during the Depression. A date stamp on the back, August 4, 1937, suggests when the print was filed or circulated, though the printed date is given only as 1936 or 1937. The poster's bold color lithography reflects the flat, graphic style that the WPA favored for reaching audiences with little money to spend on entertainment.
| Created / published | Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1930-1940.Lithographs Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Poster designed by Hugh Stevenson, Philadelphia. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Aquariums--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Jellyfishes--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,749 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215011 |
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