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The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr – Historic Poster Reproduction

The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr, 1937 — vintage poster
The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr, 1937. 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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This rare vintage poster captures The United States first foreign trade zone Staten Island City of New York opened Febr in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The first foreign trade zone in the United States opened on Staten Island in February 1937, and this silkscreen poster announces it. Under the zone's arrangement, imported goods could be stored, handled and repackaged without paying customs duties until they entered domestic commerce, a practical draw for a port where ocean liners unloaded cargo from around the world. The Federal theater Project, a unit of the Works Progress Administration, sponsored the work, and the poster names Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Department of Docks Commissioner John McKenzie, the city officials who pushed port development forward.

Created / published1937
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Dec 8 1937. F.H. La Guardia Mayor - City of New York Department of Docks - John McKenzie Commissioner. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor.
SubjectsOcean liners--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Commerce--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan3,300 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference418_The_United_States_first_1937

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