The Federal Theater Works Progress Administration presents Blind Alley 3 act drama by – Vintage Poster
(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 rare vintage poster captures The Federal Theater Works Progress Administration presents Blind Alley 3 act drama by in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The title places this production in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1937, a detail that ties this silkscreen to one local staging of a three-act drama. The Federal theater Project was a New Deal program under the Works Progress Administration that employed actors, directors, and stagehands during the Depression and took plays to communities that rarely saw professional theater. The record credits Warwick James for the design. A WPA Des Moines stamp on the back marks the sheet as official business, which explains how this poster came to be preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
| Created / published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Stamped on verso: Works Progress Administration Des Moines Iowa. Official business. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Warwick James. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Iowa--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,800 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 817_The_Federal_Theater_Wor_1937 |
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