Have a date with us Free to you and your friends motion pictures concert music exhibi – 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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Step back in time with Have a date with us Free to you and your friends motion pictures concert music exhibi, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A totem pole anchors this 1941 silkscreen, a detail that ties the poster to the American Museum of Natural History, one of several free attractions it promotes alongside concerts, motion pictures and exhibitions. The Work Projects Administration's Federal Art Project produced it in New York, with the agency's War Services Section as sponsor, reflecting an effort to offer free leisure activities to city residents as the country moved toward war. Posters like this were typically printed in modest runs and displayed in public places, so they now serve as useful records of how cultural life was advertised during the New Deal years.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · United States. Work Projects Administration (N.Y.). War Services Section sponsor.Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | American Museum of Natural History--Public relations--1940-1950. World War 1939-1945--Social aspects. Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Concerts--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Totem poles--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 994 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 61_Have_a_date_with_us_Fre_1941 |
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