Chalk dust modern youthful comedy drama. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 1936 silkscreen poster promotes *Chalk Dust*, a "modern youthful comedy drama" staged in California under the Federal theater Project, the New Deal program that put unemployed actors, directors, and stagehands back to work during the Depression. Its catalog record places the production in California in the 1930s, and the poster's bold color printing reflects the silkscreen method the WPA poster units used to produce inexpensive, eye-catching publicity for local productions. The project's posters often balanced theatrical flair with plain, direct lettering, and this example shows how the program promoted contemporary, youth-oriented comedy to Depression-era audiences.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Comedies--1930-1940. Theatrical productions--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,725 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 378_Chalk_dust_modern_youth_1936 |
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