Rural Pennsylvania Colonial Pennsylvania exists to-day in many churches costumes craf – Antique Wall Art
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Rural Pennsylvania Colonial Pennsylvania exists to-day in many churches costumes craf comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Rural Pennsylvania Colonial Pennsylvania exists to-day in many churches costumes craf
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Colonial Pennsylvania, the lettering suggests, still survives in the region's churches, costumes, and crafts, and this 1936 color lithograph makes that claim as an invitation to travel. Issued under the Works Progress Administration's federal poster program, it presents the Pennsylvania German countryside as a living heritage site at a time when the Depression had made regional tourism a priority for local economies. The pottery and folk traditions it depicts were closely tied to the farming communities of southeastern Pennsylvania, where many families had kept their language and customs for generations.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil by the artist. No. 103. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Shaw Bernard 1856-1950. Negro Theatre Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Pennsylvania Dutch--1930-1940. Tourism--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Rural life--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Pottery--Pennsylvania--1930-1940. Pennsylvania--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,909 × 4,096 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 715_Rural_Pennsylvania_Colo_1936 |
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