Federal Theatre Marionettes Present "A Christmas Carol" – Antique 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Federal Theatre Marionettes Present "A Christmas Carol", a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Federal Theatre Marionettes Present "A Christmas Carol"
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The Federal theater Project's marionette unit in Boston staged Dickens's A Christmas Carol with hand-worked puppets rather than live actors, a choice that let a small company put a full holiday story on stage during the Depression. The silkscreen poster was produced under the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists and theater workers in those years, and it reflects the vivid, flat-color style of the federal poster program. Dickens's tale of Scrooge and the Cratchit family was a natural fit for the season, and the puppet staging gave the familiar characters a playful, storybook quality worth noticing.
| Created / published | c. 1936-1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, poster, silkscreen |
| Notes | Works Progress Administration, Federal Theater Project., Federal Art Project. Boston, Mass |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,379 × 1,800 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214682 |
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