Memorial Day May 30th / JCW. – Antique Poster Print
(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 Memorial Day May 30th / JCW. 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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Memorial Day May 30th / JCW.
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A silkscreen poster from 1936 marks Memorial Day, held each May 30, and its title line gives the date plainly, with the initials "JCW" identifying the designer. It was produced under the Federal Art Project, one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, which employed artists to make posters for public information and civic events. The subjects listed for the piece, veterans and families in the 1930s, point to a holiday that had long been observed with parades, flags, and visits to cemeteries. The back of the board carries a date stamp from April 1937, a small reminder of how these posters moved through government offices after they were printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Memorial Day--1930-1940. Veterans--American--1930-1940. Children & adults--United States--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,754 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 323_Memorial_Day_May_30th_1936 |
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