Indian court Federal Building Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939 – 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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Indian court Federal Building Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Indian court Federal Building Golden Gate International Exposition San Francisco 1939
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Few posters on this board speak so directly to a fair's Native exhibits. This one advertises the Indian Court in the Federal Building at the Golden Gate International Exposition, held on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay in 1939 and 1940, a fair that marked the opening of the Bay Bridge. The silkscreen was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration, which employed artists to design posters for public institutions. The record's subject terms point to masks, spiritual life, and arts and crafts of Native North American and Eskimo peoples, themes the poster presents as a showcase of cultural traditions.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 85 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco Calif.) Indians of North America--Commemoration--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Indians of North America--Spiritual life. Indians of North America--Arts & crafts. Eskimos--Spiritual life--1930-1940. Eskimos--Arts & crafts. Masks--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,735 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 557_Indian_court_Federal_Bu_1939 |
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