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Fruit store – Historic Poster Reproduction

Fruit store, 1936 — vintage poster
Fruit store, 1936. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Fruit store. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This silkscreen print shows a fruit store, a familiar street-corner scene of the 1930s, rendered in flat, bold color. Dated 1936 and stamped on the back March 24, 1941, it comes from the Work Projects Administration's Federal Art Project, which used silkscreen to produce inexpensive posters for public information and promotion. The record ties it to a promotional goal, and the later date stamp suggests the sheet was still in circulation or in files as late as 1941, when the program was nearing its end.

Created / published1936
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Mar 24 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. D32. 1941. · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsFruit--1930-1950. Stores & shops--1930-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,806 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference622_Fruit_store_1936

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