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Field day--WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Beard. – Historic Poster Reproduction

Field day--WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Beard., 1939 — vintage poster
Field day--WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Beard., 1939. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Field day--WPA recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Beard.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This 1939 silkscreen poster announces a field day for a WPA recreation project in Illinois's District No. 2, and its subjects include tennis players, which sets it apart from other images on this board. The Works Progress Administration, renamed the Work Projects Administration that same year, ran recreation programs that built and staffed playgrounds, courts, and athletic fields during the Depression, giving unemployed workers jobs and communities free places to play. Posters like this one were produced under the federal art projects, which used silkscreen to advertise local events in bold, flat color. The record also names the Federal theater Project as a sponsor, a reminder that the New Deal agencies often shared promotional work.

Created / published1939
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesWork Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 151 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.
SubjectsRecreation--Illinois--1930-1940. Sports--Illinois--1930-1940. Tennis players--Illinois--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan986 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference690_Field_dayWPA_recreation_1939

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