Building trades – Vintage Poster 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.)
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Building trades comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The subject headings for this 1937 silkscreen pair Cincinnati's building trades with education, a combination that points to vocational instruction rather than work scenes alone. The poster was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists to make inexpensive posters for public notices, classes, and community events. Silkscreen allowed the unit to print bold, flat color in modest runs, and this example bears an April 17, 1937 date stamp on its back. Its record suggests it was meant to encourage working people to seek training in the building trades during the Depression years.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 17 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Education--Ohio--Cincinnati--1930-1940. Construction industry--Ohio--Cincinnati--1930-1940. |
| 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 | 461_Building_trades_1937 |
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