History of civic services in the city of New York Water supply No. 2 (S) The tea water – Vintage Poster 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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A window into the past: History of civic services in the city of New York Water supply No. 2 (S) The tea water, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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History of civic services in the city of New York Water supply No. 2 (S) The tea water
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Set apart from the other panels in its series, this silkscreen poster centers on the Tea Water Pump, a public source whose water was prized for brewing tea. Made under the Federal theater Project of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s, it presents the city's water supply as civic history for a Depression-era audience. The record dates the scene to 1699, while its subject headings point to 1750, so the exact moment is uncertain. Both dates fall in the colonial years, before New York's later waterworks changed how residents got their water.
| Created / published | 1699 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 278 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | History--New York (State)--New York--1750. Municipal services--New York (State)--New York--1750. City & town life--New York (State)--New York--1750. Water supply--New York (State)--New York--1750. New York (N.Y.)--1750. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,947 × 3,000 px · prints to 6 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 352_History_of_civic_servic_1699 |
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