The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents Help Yourself – Antique Poster Print
(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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A window into the past: The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents Help Yourself, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents Help Yourself
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Few posters from the Federal theater Project name a state as specifically as this one, which advertises a 1936 production in Iowa. The Federal theater Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, was created to put theater workers back on the payroll during the Depression, and it staged plays in communities well beyond New York. This silkscreen was made in the WPA's poster workshops, which produced bold, flat-color designs for local productions. The date stamped on the back, July 1937, falls a year after the production, so it may mark when the sheet was filed rather than when it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Theatrical productions--Iowa--1930-1940. Interpersonal relations--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,801 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 701_The_Federal_Theatre_Div_1936 |
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