Forum In cooperation with Forum Div. Board of Education WPA (S) Admission free / jr [mo – Antique Poster Print
(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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Forum In cooperation with Forum Div. Board of Education WPA (S) Admission free / jr [mo 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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Forum In cooperation with Forum Div. Board of Education WPA (S) Admission free / jr [mo
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Admission was free for this 1936 silkscreen announcement of a public forum in New York City, held in cooperation with the city's Board of Education. Forums like this were part of the Works Progress Administration's broader effort to bring lectures and discussion to ordinary residents during the Depression, when many people had time but little money for entertainment. The poster's bold flat color and simple lettering reflect the silkscreen methods the federal poster program used in New York, where artists turned out inexpensive, eye-catching notices for public events.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 309 · United States. National Park Service sponsor. |
| Subjects | Forums (Discussion & debate)--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 974 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 613_Forum_In_cooperation_wi_1936 |
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