The chocolate soldier – 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 The chocolate soldier in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pasadena's United Service Clubs sponsored this 1936 silkscreen poster, which advertised a local staging of Oscar Straus's operetta *The Chocolate Soldier*, known in German as *Der tapfere Soldat*. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project put many unemployed musicians to work during the Depression, and community productions like this one brought light opera and operetta to audiences who might not otherwise have seen them. Straus's comic work, first staged in Vienna in 1908 and adapted from George Bernard Shaw's *Arms and the Man*, was a popular choice for such shows. The poster's bold color printing reflects the WPA's wider program of inexpensive, eye-catching publicity art.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by United Service Clubs of Pasadena Works Progress Administration Federal Music Project. · Straus Oscar 1870-1954. Tapfere Soldat.United States. Works Progress Administration sponsor.Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--California--Pasadena--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,744 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 769_The_chocolate_soldier_1936 |
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