This is the market where the storekeeper buys the food and brings it to his store nea – Historic Reproduction
(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 This is the market where the storekeeper buys the food and brings it to his store nea. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The poster's caption explains that this is the market where a storekeeper buys food and carries it back to his shop, so the image presents wholesale buying as an everyday link in the local food supply. Theodore Ward made it in 1936 as part of the Work Projects Administration's poster program, which hired artists during the Depression to produce public information posters. Silkscreen, the printing method used here, was still a relatively new technique for fine-art printmaking, and the WPA's silkscreen units helped establish it for posters. The back of this copy bears a April 1937 date stamp, showing it passed through an office or distribution channel within a year of its design.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Ward Theodore 1902-1983. |
| Subjects | Markets--New York (State)--1930-1940. Food--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,698 × 5,267 px · prints to 12 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 609_This_is_the_market_wher_1936 |
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