Free classes - trade and technical Day and evening classes free to any person over 17 – Antique Poster Print
(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: Free classes - trade and technical Day and evening classes free to any person over 17, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Free classes - trade and technical Day and evening classes free to any person over 17
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This poster announces free day and evening trade and technical classes open to anyone over 17, sponsored by the New York City Board of Education. Printed in silkscreen in 1936, it comes from the Work Projects Administration poster program, which employed artists during the Depression to make public notices for city agencies and federal campaigns. Silkscreen was a fairly new method for posters then, valued for flat, bold color that could be read quickly from a distance. The notice reflects a period when public schools and federal programs were working to train unemployed adults for skilled work.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · New York (N.Y.). Board of Education sponsor. |
| Subjects | Adult education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,753 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 16_Free_classes_trade_and_1936 |
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