Federal varieties 40 stage radio screen stars. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Federal varieties 40 stage radio screen stars., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Federal varieties 40 stage radio screen stars.
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Advertising a revue called *Federal Varieties*, this silkscreen poster promises forty stage, radio and screen stars, a bold claim for a show put on by a government theater program. The Federal theater Project was one of the arts divisions of the Works Progress Administration, launched in 1935 to employ actors, writers and stagehands during the Depression. Its New York unit sponsored productions ranging from serious plays to lighter variety entertainments like this one. The poster reflects the WPA poster units' use of silkscreen, which allowed flat areas of strong color to be printed cheaply in large numbers.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K711. 1936-1941. · Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Musical revues & comedies--New York (State)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,796 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 740_Federal_varieties_40_st_1936 |
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