The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse by Barre Lyndon – 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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This vintage poster of The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse by Barre Lyndon brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse by Barre Lyndon
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Few theater posters from the Federal theater Project are as sly as this one for *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse*, a comedy-thriller by the English writer Barré Lyndon about a respectable criminologist who joins a gang to study its habits. The 1938 silkscreen advertised a Los Angeles staging, one of many productions the Federal theater Project mounted in cities across the country during the New Deal. The project put unemployed actors, writers and designers to work, and its posters were made by WPA artists using flat, bold color and stencil-cut shapes. That approach gave Depression-era audiences a cheap, eye-catching way to find out what was playing.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Lyndon Barré 1896-1972. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,743 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 791_The_amazing_Dr_Clitterh_1938 |
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