Books make the home / Rockwell Kent. – Vintage Wall Art
![Books make the home / Rockwell Kent., [1938] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/eaa9bf73365d-L.webp)
(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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Books make the home / Rockwell Kent. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Books make the home / Rockwell Kent.
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Kent's name and the slogan "Books make the home" set this poster apart from the many reading-themed images of the period. Rockwell Kent, a painter and illustrator best known for his bold, graphic line work, made the design as a promotional piece in 1938, a decade when the Depression had put books out of reach for many families. The poster ties reading to family life and the household itself, a message that fit the era's broader push to encourage literacy and public libraries. Its catalog record also notes a promotional purpose, which places it among the government and civic posters that circulated widely in those years.
| Created / published | [1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) |
| Genre | Posters American 1930-1940.Prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. G6.192-? |
| Subjects | Reading--1930-1940. Domestic life--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 978 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167978 |
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