The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents The pursuit of happiness by Armina Marsha – Vintage Poster
(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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The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents The pursuit of happiness by Armina Marsha
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The poster's most distinctive detail is its Liberty Bell motif, paired with the subject tag placing the production in Iowa, which sets it apart from the other Federal theater announcements on this board. It advertises a comedy, *The Pursuit of Happiness*, written by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall, and the Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, staged plays like it to put theater workers back on payroll during the Depression. The silkscreen process let the project print large runs of bold, inexpensive posters, and the one-color-plus-ground style seen here was a hallmark of the WPA's graphic output. A date stamp on the reverse of this copy records July 1937.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Langer Lawrence 1890- Marshall Armina. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Iowa--1930-1940. Comedies--1930-1940. Liberty bell--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,720 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 386_The_Federal_Theatre_Div_1936 |
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