Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / J. Rivolta. – Vintage Poster
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / J. Rivolta. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Up where winter calls to play Olympic bobsled run Lake Placid / J. Rivolta.
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Winter sport is the pitch in this poster, which names the Olympic bobsled run at Lake Placid, New York, as its main attraction. The run on Mount Van Hoevenberg was built for the 1932 Winter Olympics, which the village hosted, and it remained a well-known destination for visitors afterward. Produced under the Federal Art Project during the Depression, the poster uses flat, bold color in silkscreen to encourage winter travel to the Adirondacks. Its simplified shapes and strong color were typical of WPA posters, which were meant to catch the eye from across a street or a station platform.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1936-1941. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 141 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Bobsleds--New York (State)--Lake Placid--1930-1950. Sports & recreation facilities--New York (State)--Lake Placid--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,237 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 263_Up_where_winter_calls_t_1936 |
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