Whats right with America Des Moines Public Forums / designed & made by Iowa Art Progr – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Whats right with America Des Moines Public Forums / designed & made by Iowa Art Progr in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Whats right with America Des Moines Public Forums / designed & made by Iowa Art Progr
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Advertising a series of Des Moines public forums under the question "What's Right with America," this poster names Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet as a featured speaker. Its designers, the Iowa Art Program under the Federal Art Project, were part of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists during the Great Depression. Silkscreen let them print inexpensive, bright posters in quantity for community events, and the forum's upbeat title reflects a 1930s push to debate democracy and the nation's future in public. A 1941 date stamp on the back suggests the poster stayed in circulation for years after it was made.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jan 29 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Overstreet Bonaro W. (Bonaro Wilkinson) 1902- Public speaking--Iowa--Des Moines--1930-1950. Democracy--United States--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,760 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 501_Whats_right_with_Americ_1936 |
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