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The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Associatio – Vintage Poster

The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Associatio, 1938 — vintage poster
The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Associatio, 1938. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Associatio. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This poster was made to greet the National Education Association, whose meeting brought teachers and school officials to New York City, and it promotes the theater productions and art exhibitions that the city's federal arts projects offered visitors. It was produced under the Work Projects Administration, the New Deal agency that employed artists during the Depression. The record credits sculptor Maurice Glickman, and the silkscreen process used here let the project print bold, multicolor posters inexpensively in large runs. A date stamp on the back reads September 2, 1938.

Created / published1938
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Glickman Maurice sculptor.
SubjectsNational Education Association of the United States--Meetings--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Meetings--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,666 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference163_The_Federal_Arts_Projec_1938

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