Know the world you live in Free informal study groups (S) Workers education project. – 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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Its slogan, "Know the world you live in," invites working people to join free informal study groups run by the Workers Education Project in New York State. The poster was printed in silkscreen, a method the Federal Art Project's poster division used to make inexpensive, large-run public notices during the Depression. The project was part of the Works Progress Administration's adult education work, which aimed to give laborers and their families access to civic and economic discussion outside formal schools. A date stamped on the back of the board, June 1937, shows it was still in circulation about a year after it was designed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Education--New York (State)--1930-1940. Working class--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 997 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 532_Know_the_world_you_live_1936 |
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