Work pays America! Prosperity. – 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 vintage poster of Work pays America! Prosperity. brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A 1936 silkscreen poster, "Work pays America! Prosperity.," puts its message in a short slogan, and its catalog record credits the Federal theater Project as sponsor. That pairing shows how New Deal arts programs were often used to promote public work and economic recovery. The Works Progress Administration, created in 1935 and renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1939, employed millions of out-of-work Americans on roads, buildings, and cultural projects during the Great Depression. Its poster programs turned silkscreen printing into a public art form, and posters like this one argued that steady jobs and national prosperity went hand in hand at a time when many families had little of either.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 frontispiece · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Laborers--1930-1950. Economic & social conditions--1930-1950. Employment--1930-1950. Work ethic--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,211 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 518_Work_pays_America_Prosp_1936 |
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