Birds of the world An illustrated natural history in popular style with 100 candid ph – Vintage 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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This vintage poster of Birds of the world An illustrated natural history in popular style with 100 candid ph brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Birds of the world An illustrated natural history in popular style with 100 candid ph
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This silkscreen poster advertises a 1936 natural history of birds, *Birds of the World*, which promised 100 candid photographs of its subjects. Its featured birds are pelicans and toucans, two species whose bold shapes suit a poster. The work was issued under the Works Progress Administration's poster program, which the federal government ran during the Depression to employ artists and to promote public projects and publications. The Federal Writers Project sponsored the book, so the poster doubles as a record of how the New Deal publicized its cultural output. The attribution to Sidney Jacobson is given in the record.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Attributed to Sidney Jacobson. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 257 · Federal Writers Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | American guide series. Pelicans--1930-1940. Toucans--1930-1940. Books--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,188 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 30_Birds_of_the_world_An_i_1936 |
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