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Doll & buggy parade--W.P.A recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Dusek. – Historic Poster Reproduction

Doll & buggy parade--W.P.A recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Dusek., 1939 — vintage poster
Doll & buggy parade--W.P.A recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Dusek., 1939. 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 Doll & buggy parade--W.P.A recreation project Dist. No. 2 / Dusek.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A doll and buggy parade, put on by a recreation project in Illinois's second district, is the event this poster advertises, showing children marching with their dolls and carriages. Produced in 1939 under the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration, it was printed by silkscreen, a method the program used to promote free community events during the Depression. The flat, bright colors and simple figures give a sense of how public recreation programs encouraged play and neighborhood gatherings for children in the late 1930s.

Created / published1939
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesWork Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsRecreation--Illinois--1930-1940. Children playing with dolls--Illinois--1930-1940. Parades & processions--Illinois--1930-1940. Baby carriages--Illinois--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan2,770 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference220_Doll_buggy_paradeWPA_r_1939

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