Amateur magicians contest Roosevelt Playground Tricks novel entertainment jugglers sh – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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: Amateur magicians contest Roosevelt Playground Tricks novel entertainment jugglers sh, preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Amateur magicians contest Roosevelt Playground Tricks novel entertainment jugglers sh
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This silkscreen poster announces an amateur magic contest held at Roosevelt Playground, and its subject line places the event in New York State during the 1930s. Its back bears a September 12, 1936 date stamp, and it was produced under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration. During the Depression, the WPA paid artists to design posters that advertised free public events such as concerts, lectures, and neighborhood recreation programs. Silkscreen was a fairly new process for commercial-style posters, and the Federal Art Project's workshops used it to make bright, flat designs that could be printed cheaply in quantity.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Magic--New York (State)--1930-1940. Contests--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 989 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 467_Amateur_magicians_conte_1936 |
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