Buckingham Fountain on Chicagos lake front worlds largest and most beautiful illumina – 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 Buckingham Fountain on Chicagos lake front worlds largest and most beautiful illumina in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Buckingham Fountain on Chicagos lake front worlds largest and most beautiful illumina
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Few subjects in the WPA's poster output were as showy as Chicago's Buckingham Fountain, which this silkscreen bills as the world's largest and most beautiful illuminated fountain. Dedicated in 1927 in Grant Park and funded by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother Clarence, the fountain became known for its colored lighting and dancing water displays. The Federal Music Project, one of the WPA's arts units, sponsored the poster, which links the city's lakefront spectacle to the public music programs the agency supported during the Depression.
| Created / published | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 163 · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Fountains--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 614_Buckingham_Fountain_on_1939 |
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