The fool by Channing Pollock – 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 The fool by Channing Pollock. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The fool by Channing Pollock
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Few theatrical posters from the 1930s state their touring route as plainly as this one, which was printed for a Federal Road Show attraction in California. The play, *The Fool*, was written by Channing Pollock (1880-1946), a Broadway playwright whose work was often staged in the 1920s. The Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, sent productions like this one to communities beyond the big cities so that people in smaller towns could see live drama at low cost. The silkscreen process, used across the WPA poster program, let artists produce bold, flat color in quantity.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Federal Road Show Attraction. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Pollock Channing 1880-1946. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--California--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,781 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 824_The_fool_by_Channing_Po_1936 |
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