Cavalry Guild Presbyterian Church presents Gilbert & Sullivans H.M.S. Pinafore – Vintage Poster
(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 Cavalry Guild Presbyterian Church presents Gilbert & Sullivans H.M.S. Pinafore. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Cavalry Guild Presbyterian Church presents Gilbert & Sullivans H.M.S. Pinafore
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Few details set this poster apart as clearly as its venue: a Presbyterian church in Cincinnati, Ohio, where a federal light opera group staged Gilbert and Sullivan's *H.M.S. Pinafore* in 1939. The operetta, first performed in London in 1878, was a favorite of community and amateur companies, and the Works Progress Administration's arts programs of the late 1930s brought stage productions like this one to local audiences during the Depression. The poster's silkscreen color design comes from the WPA's poster program, and a date stamp of May 18, 1939 on the reverse helps pin down when it was printed.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 18 1939. Cincinnati Federal Light Opera Group WPA in Ohio. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Sullivan Arthur Sir 1842-1900. H.M.S. Pinafore.Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Ohio--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 979 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 796_Cavalry_Guild_Presbyter_1939 |
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