Out of the wilderness A folk festival of the New Salem years of Lincoln / Bender. – Antique Poster Print
(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 Out of the wilderness A folk festival of the New Salem years of Lincoln / Bender., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Out of the wilderness A folk festival of the New Salem years of Lincoln / Bender.
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This silkscreen poster is distinct for tying a folk festival to the New Salem years, the period in the 1830s when Abraham Lincoln lived in a frontier village on the Sangamon River in Illinois. Its title, "Out of the wilderness," points to that setting, when Lincoln moved from store clerk and surveyor to postmaster and young legislator before leaving for Springfield. The poster was produced by the Illinois Works Progress Administration Art Project in Chicago during the early 1940s, when federal arts programs promoted regional history and community events. Its bold color and flat graphic style reflect the silkscreen techniques the WPA used to make inexpensive public notices.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865--Commemoration. Festivals--Illinois--New Salem--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,758 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 592_Out_of_the_wilderness_A_1939 |
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