Ephrata Visit the ancient cloisters of the early German pietists in Lancaster Co. Pen – Antique Poster Print
(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 Ephrata Visit the ancient cloisters of the early German pietists in Lancaster Co. Pen in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ephrata Visit the ancient cloisters of the early German pietists in Lancaster Co. Pen
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Ephrata Cloister, a group of historic buildings in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is the subject of this 1936 color lithograph, which promotes a visit to the site of an early German pietist community. Conrad Beissel founded the community in 1732, and its members lived a communal, largely celibate religious life while running a press, a paper mill, and a scriptorium that produced books and decorated fraktur, the illuminated lettering and drawings that the poster's subject headings name. The Federal Art Project issued the print during the Depression as part of a wider WPA effort to publicize American landmarks and encourage travel.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Ephrata Cloister--1930-1950. Frakturs (Illumination)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,934 × 4,096 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 553_Ephrata_Visit_the_ancie_1936 |
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