Brookfield Zoo--By the L" / Long." – Historic Reproduction
![Brookfield Zoo--By the L" / Long.", Ill[inois] : Federal Art Project, WPA, [between 1936 and 1938] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f9/f9ce799016bb-L.webp)
(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 Brookfield Zoo--By the L" / Long." in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Brookfield Zoo--By the L" / Long."
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A WPA silkscreen that puts the pandas front and center, this poster advertises Brookfield Zoo, the suburban Chicago zoo that opened in 1934 and was built to be a open-moat, naturalistic home for animals. Its title points readers toward the Chicago elevated train, which made the trip from the city an easy outing for families during the Depression. The Federal Art Project produced posters like this to promote public attractions and to give working artists paid employment. The print bears a June 1938 date stamp on its back, placing it in the late years of the New Deal arts programs.
| Created / published | Ill[inois] : Federal Art Project, WPA, [between 1936 and 1938] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Screen prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 166 |
| Subjects | Zoos--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Pandas--Illinois--1930-1940. Brookfield Zoo (Ill.)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,358 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173276 |
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