A trip around the world at story hour time Story hour club--W.P.A library center / Sh – 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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Step back in time with A trip around the world at story hour time Story hour club--W.P.A library center / Sh, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A trip around the world at story hour time Story hour club--W.P.A library center / Sh
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A globe-trotting story hour is the subject of this silkscreen poster, which promoted children's reading programs at a Chicago library center in 1936. The Federal Art Project's poster division produced such work for the Works Progress Administration, and the WPA Statewide Library Project in Illinois used posters like this to draw young patrons to branch libraries during the Depression, when free programs offered children a place to read and gather. The back bears a date stamp from November 1940, which suggests it stayed in use for several years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Made for WPA Statewide Library Project Illinois. Date stamped on verso: Nov 28 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Reading--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Libraries--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Children--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,828 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 332_A_trip_around_the_world_1936 |
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