Carmen Municipal Auditorium Long Beach. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Carmen Municipal Auditorium Long Beach.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Carmen Municipal Auditorium Long Beach.
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Staged at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, this 1936 silkscreen poster announces a production of Georges Bizet's opera *Carmen*, adapted from Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novella. It was sponsored by the Federal Music Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, together with the Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 47 of the American Legion. During the Depression the Federal Music Project employed musicians and put on low-cost concerts and operas across the country, and WPA artists produced posters like this one to advertise them. Its flat, bold colors reflect the screen-printing method the program often used for local event notices.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Sponsored by Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 47 American Legion [and] Works Progress Administration Federal Music Project. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Mérimée Prosper 1803-1870. Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,228 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 767_Carmen_Municipal_Audito_1936 |
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