Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hiking WPA recreation project--Dist. no. 2 / Shari.
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The title places this hiking poster in District no. 2, a regional unit of the Works Progress Administration's recreation program in Illinois. The silkscreen was printed in 1936, when federal arts workers were producing posters to publicize public programs across the country. Recreation projects of the period gave unemployed Americans paid work leading outings and organizing activities, and the flat, bright color typical of WPA silkscreens made even a simple invitation to hike read as an event worth joining. The date stamped on the back, April 1939, records a later point in the sheet's life.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 1 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Hopwood Avery 1882-1928. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Hiking--Illinois--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,810 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 669_Hiking_WPA_recreation_p_1936 |
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