Du Page County soap box derby ... Glen Ellyn Ill. / Beard. – Historic Poster 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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Du Page County soap box derby ... Glen Ellyn Ill. / Beard. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Du Page County soap box derby ... Glen Ellyn Ill. / Beard.
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This WPA poster promotes a soap box derby in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in Du Page County, a local race that the design presents as a community event. Its silkscreen color and bold lettering reflect the Federal Art Project's poster work of the late 1930s, when the Works Progress Administration produced posters to publicize public events and recreation. Soap box racing grew popular across the country during the Depression, since inexpensive homemade gravity-powered cars gave young people a low-cost way to compete. The poster is credited to an artist named Beard and offers a useful record of how small-town recreation was advertised in that period.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Recreation--Illinois--Glen Ellyn--1930-1940. Coaster cars--Illinois--Glen Ellyn--1930-1940. Racing--Illinois--Glen Ellyn--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,732 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 373_Du_Page_County_soap_box_1939 |
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