The Southwest Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project at the Musart Theatre now L – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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The Southwest Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project at the Musart Theatre now L 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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The Southwest Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project at the Musart Theatre now L
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The poster ties the Southwest theater Unit of the Federal theater Project to the Musart theater in Los Angeles in 1936, a specific venue that sets it apart from many WPA theater posters. The Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, employed out-of-work actors, directors and stagehands during the Depression and took live drama into communities that rarely saw it. Riggs Lynn designed the silkscreen color poster, a technique the WPA art programs used to produce inexpensive, eye-catching notices. The catalog lists the production under comedies, a reminder that the project offered light entertainment alongside more socially pointed work.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Riggs Lynn 1899-1954. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--Los Angeles--1930-1950. Comedies--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,795 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 405_The_Southwest_Theatre_U_1936 |
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