Popular Priced Theatre presents a hilarious farce by Paul Vulpius Help yourself. – 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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A window into the past: Popular Priced Theatre presents a hilarious farce by Paul Vulpius Help yourself., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Popular Priced Theatre presents a hilarious farce by Paul Vulpius Help yourself.
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A silkscreen poster from 1936 advertises *Help Yourself*, a farce by Paul Vulpius staged under the Federal theater Project's Popular Priced theater banner in New York. The project was part of the Works Progress Administration, the New Deal agency that put unemployed actors, writers, designers, and stagehands to work during the Depression. Its low ticket prices were meant to bring live theater to audiences who could rarely afford Broadway. The poster's bold flat colors and simple lettering reflect the Federal Art Project's silkscreen method, which made inexpensive, eye-catching notices for public performances.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Vulpius Paul. Federal Theatre Project (New York N.Y.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Comedies--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,756 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 389_Popular_Priced_Theatre_1936 |
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