National and state parks, skiing, skating, sliding, sleighing / Dorothy Waugh. – Historic Print
![National and state parks, skiing, skating, sliding, sleighing / Dorothy Waugh., [Washington] : U.S. Government Printing Office, [1930] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e2/e2db7d14339f-L.webp)
(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: National and state parks, skiing, skating, sliding, sleighing / Dorothy Waugh., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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National and state parks, skiing, skating, sliding, sleighing / Dorothy Waugh.
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Most park posters of the period show summer scenery, so this one stands out by promoting winter. Its title lists skiing, skating, sliding, and sleighing as reasons to visit national and state parks in cold weather. Issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office around 1930, it reflects the National Park Service's effort under Director Horace Albright to attract visitors year-round and to present the parks as more than summer destinations. The artist, Dorothy Waugh, was one of the designers who worked on the Service's posters of that era, and the poster is a useful record of how the government pitched outdoor recreation during the Depression.
| Created / published | [Washington] : U.S. Government Printing Office, [1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1930.Prints Color 1930. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. E8.193-. Promotional goal: U.S. K3.193-. |
| Subjects | United States.--National Park Service--Public relations--1930. Skiing--United States--1930. Sports--United States--1930. National parks & reserves--United States--1930. State parks & reserves--United States--1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 881 × 1,247 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216190 |
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