The Presidents birthday ball So we may dance again Fight infantile paralysis. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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 vintage poster of The Presidents birthday ball So we may dance again Fight infantile paralysis. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Presidents birthday ball So we may dance again Fight infantile paralysis.
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Its slogan, "So we may dance again," links a dance party to the fight against infantile paralysis, as polio was then called. The President's Birthday Balls, held around President Franklin D. Roosevelt's January birthday, raised money for polio research and patient care, and the dance floor became a public symbol of that work. This silkscreen poster was produced under the Works Progress Administration's federal arts program, and the record credits Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. A 1939 date stamp on the back shows the poster was still in circulation several years after it was first made.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Hackett Albert. Goodrich Frances. |
| Subjects | Balls (Parties)--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Fund raising--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Poliomyelitis--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,730 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 225_The_Presidents_birthday_1936 |
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