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W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents Native ground" by Virgil Geddes / DeColas." – Historic Reproduction

W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents Native ground" by Virgil Geddes / DeColas.", NYC : Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939] — vintage poster
W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents Native ground" by Virgil Geddes / DeColas.", NYC : Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939]. Vintage poster from the Tractors collection.

(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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This silkscreen poster advertises *Native Ground*, a Federal theater Project production by Virgil Geddes, and its subject tags point to farming and plows, so the rural imagery is central to the design. The Federal theater Project was one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists, writers, and performers during the Great Depression. Its posters were produced by the Federal Art Project in New York, and this one bears a date stamp of January 5, 1939 on the back. Its bold color blocks reflect the screen-print style that the WPA's poster units used to promote their theater and public events.

Created / publishedNYC : Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1939]
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
GenrePosters 1930-1940.Screen prints Color 1930-1940.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 89
SubjectsTheatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Farming--1930-1940. Plows--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 2,368 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-214779

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