Excursion WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse Tulane & Miro Sail in and see living actors i – 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.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Excursion WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse Tulane & Miro Sail in and see living actors i in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Excursion WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse Tulane & Miro Sail in and see living actors i
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
A steamboat, a familiar sight on American rivers, anchors this poster for a Federal theater production called *Excursion*, tying the play's outing theme to a vessel that was once a common sight on the nation's waterways. The Federal theater Project was part of the Works Progress Administration, running from 1935 until Congress ended its funding in 1939, and it employed out-of-work actors, designers and artists. Its posters were printed in large numbers to advertise productions across the country, so this piece shows how Depression-era artists brought commercial lithography and stage promotion together.
| 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 | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,764 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 864_Excursion_WPA_Federal_T_1936 |
More from the WPA Posters collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
