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Childrens drawings – Historic Poster Reproduction

Childrens drawings, 1939 — vintage poster
Childrens drawings, 1939. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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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Childrens drawings comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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An exhibition of children's drawings in Ohio gives this silkscreen poster its subject, and a clown rendered in bold, flat color sets its cheerful tone. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, ran from 1935 to 1943 and used silkscreen for many of its posters because the process was inexpensive and could produce vivid color in quantity. A date stamp on the back reads February 9, 1939, placing the print among the promotional works the project issued to announce public exhibitions during the Depression.

Created / published1939
Medium1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color.
NotesDate stamped on verso: Feb 9 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor.
SubjectsArt exhibitions--Ohio--1930-1940. Clowns--1930-1940. Childrens art--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Original scan976 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference183_Childrens_drawings_1939

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