See how WPA welfare services protect Americans Exhibition National Museum / galic. – Vintage Poster
(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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A window into the past: See how WPA welfare services protect Americans Exhibition National Museum / galic., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This poster advertises an exhibition on welfare services in Chicago, a subject that set it apart from the many Federal Art Project posters that promoted concerts, classes, and museum shows. Its record lists it as a 1936 silkscreen print sponsored by the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, which hired artists during the Great Depression to make public information and cultural materials. Silkscreen was a method the Federal Art Project's poster units used to produce large, flat-color designs at low cost, and Chicago was among the cities where that work was especially active. A date stamp on the back, March 20, 1941, shows the sheet was still being handled and filed years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Public service organizations--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,810 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 570_See_how_WPA_welfare_ser_1936 |
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