Cross out slums. USHA / Beall. – Vintage Wall Art
![Cross out slums. USHA / Beall., [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c4/c48de3e52c0e-L.webp)
(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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Cross out slums. USHA / Beall. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Cross out slums. USHA / Beall.
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The title tells the story here: "Cross out slums" is the slogan of this 1941 poster, issued by the Government Printing Office for the United States Housing Authority, the federal agency created in 1937 to finance low-rent public housing. The USHA's campaign against substandard housing used posters like this one to rally support for replacing crowded, unsanitary tenements with new public developments. Its appeal to the public was direct: a bold red X over a slum dwelling, paired with the promise of better homes for working families. Look closely at the lettering and the strong color blocking, which reflect the graphic style of federal poster work in the early 1940s.
| Created / published | [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G9. 1941. |
| Subjects | United States Housing Authority--1940-1950. Slums--United States--1940-1950. Dwellings--United States--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,141 × 1,464 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216772 |
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