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Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Library of CongressCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1940
Seattle Children's Theatre [presents] "Flight" a living newspaper play
WPA Posters were created to advertise programs and projects of the Works Projects Administration in the late 1930s and early 1940s. This is considered as one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts. The posters were designed to publicize exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs. During the Great Depression, the U.S. government employed hundreds of artists to promote New Deal - related social programs.

Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection comprises of more than 900. Posters represent seventeen U.S. states and the District of Columbia, with the strongest representation from California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and provide a unique snapshot of an important era in America’s history.

WPA poster artists were not supposed to sign their work, but Christopher DeNoon's original book on this subject gives many clues.

Vera Bock
Born 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia, emigrated to the United States with her mother, Russian-born concert pianist, and her father, an American banker. She studied in England during where she learned printing, photoengraving, manuscript illuminating, and wood engraving. In the 1920s, she illustrated children's books such as The Adventure of Maya Bee. Her posters are notable for their distinctive woodblock-like appearance, solid forms, and Germanic influence. During the 1940s she worked as an illustrator at Life and Coronet magazines. She continued to produce book illustration and design including Little Magic Horse (1942), A Ring and A Riddle (1944), and Critical History of Children's Literature (1953).

Richard Floethe
Born 1901, Essen Germany, studied at the Dortmund Art School, the Munich State School of Art, and the Bauhaus in Weimer. His posters reflect his connection to the Bauhaus. Richard Floethe spent much of his career as a book illustrator. He has designed or illustrated over fifty books including Ballet Shows (1937), Picture Book of the Earth (1949), and Ting-a-Ling Tales (1955). His designs and illustrations for Tyl Ulenspeigl (1935) and Pinocchio (1938) won the Limited Editions Club Prize. He has also illustrated books written by his wife, Louise Floethe. Among these titles are If I Were Captain (1956) and Winning Colt (1956). Floethe assigned as administrator of the New York City FAP poster division from 1936 to 1939 and remembered by designers as the creator of an encouraging environment so artists were free to experiment. Floethe taught commercial design at the Cooper Union School of Art (1941) and illustration at the Ringling School of Art (1955-1967). His work as a printmaker (woodcuts and serigraphs) is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Kerlan Collection of the University of Minnesota.

Richard Hall's
Born 1906, New Orleans, Louisiana, spent his early years traveling through the U.S. and Europe with his father, a sculptor whose commissions included many public monuments. While working for FAP, he created posters for the Federal Theatre Project. From 1952 to 1976 Halls taught advertising art and design on the faculty of the State University if New York at Farmingdale. He received his B.A. from Adelphi University in 1961.

Robert Jones
Born 1913, Goff, Kansas, educated at the University of Utah and the California School of Fine Art and employed by the State Art Center in Salt Lake City in 1939 and 1940. After leaving Utah in 1940, Jones established his career in New York City where he worked for Life magazine and Columbia Records. Jones was an instructor at the Cooper Union School of Art and the University of Connecticut. He was the art director for RCA Records from 1953 to 1973.

Erik Hans Krause
Born 1899, Halle-Salle, Germany, graduated from the Academy of Decorative Arts and Crafts in Dresden and emigrated to the United States in 1923. In 1936 was employed with the FAP, supervising artists and craftsmen designing textiles and posters. His botanical subjects paintings were shown at the Smithsonian Institution. Krause has taught design and illustration at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Katherine Milhous
Born 1894, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Katherine Milhous created some of the most distinctive posters produced by the WPA. She was a supervisor of the FAP in Philadelphia. Milhous incorporated the folk traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Amish and Mennonites communities in her poster designs. After FAP, she had a successful career as a children's book illustrator. She received the American Library Association's Caldecott Medal for her most distinguished picture book for children for The Egg Tree (1950).

Jerome Henry Roth
Born 1918, Bronx, New York, Jerome Henry Roth (Rothstein) was the youngest member of the project at the age of 16 while attending Art Students' League. Roth was employed by the FAP from 1935 to 1939. After serving in Europe during World War II as a B-15 navigator, he returned to New York and in the early 1950s formed his own design studio and taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the College of the City of New York.

Anthony Velonis
Born 1911, New York, New York, graduated from New York University's School of Fine Arts, joined Mayor LaGuardia's poster project in New York City in 1934. In 1935 this project came under federal sponsorship and Velonis remained with the division until 1938. After leaving the poster division, Velonis worked in the FAP graphic art division where he continued to experiment with silkscreening techniques. Velonis' poster designs are marked by cubist-influenced elements and his experiments with printing techniques: split-font applications of paint, and applications of tusche crayon directly to the screen. In 1939 Velonis co-founded the Creative Printmaking Group and started the Ceraglass Company, which invented silkscreen printing on glass and plastic containers. His prints are included in the collections of the National Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Australian National Gallery and others.
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Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration art exhibition by artists of the Federal Art Project ... [at the] Albany Institute of History and Art

Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration art exhibition by a...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of art by WPA Federal Art Project artists at the Albany Institute of History and Art. Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection... More

Tuberculosis Don't kiss me! : Your kiss of affection - the germ of infection / / JD.

Tuberculosis Don't kiss me! : Your kiss of affection - the germ of inf...

Poster about tuberculosis in children and methods of transmission, showing a child wearing a bib. Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administra... More

Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.

Stop syphilis Support local and state efforts to reduce syphilis.

Poster showing a house, city skyscrapers, and smokestacks. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los ... More

Regional poster exhibition, New York City

Regional poster exhibition, New York City

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of posters from New York and New Jersey at the Federal Art Gallery, 225 West 57th Street, New York City, showing abstract design. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Wo... More

Art - Free neighborhood classes for adults ... enroll now

Art - Free neighborhood classes for adults ... enroll now

Poster from the WPA Adult Education program of the Chicago Board of Education announcing free neighborhood art classes, showing men and women working at easels. Date stamped on verso: May 22 1937. Work Projects... More

Federal Theatre Marionettes present "A Christmas carol"

Federal Theatre Marionettes present "A Christmas carol"

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "A Christmas Carol" at the Repertory Theatre, showing a man in period costume playing a horn while walking down a street. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Freedom of expression, of religion, from want, from fear everywhere in the world

Freedom of expression, of religion, from want, from fear everywhere in...

Poster promoting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four freedoms, showing a globe, two books, and the hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Co... More

WPA women painters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston / RW(?) [monogram].

WPA women painters, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston / RW(?)...

Poster for exhibition of WPA women painters at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., showing a woman painting outdoors. Date stamped on verso: Feb 23 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

"Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] Two weeks only.

"Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] T...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Dracula" at the Mason Opera House, showing a large bat. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Bands on parade outstanding eastern Illinois high school bands.

Bands on parade outstanding eastern Illinois high school bands.

Poster for a high school band parade at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, Charleston, Saturday, November 9, 1940, showing a profile of a band member wearing a tall hat. More information about the WPA Pos... More

WPA exhibition Vernon Smith, Charles Heinz, Charles Kaeselau / / Nason.

WPA exhibition Vernon Smith, Charles Heinz, Charles Kaeselau / / Nason...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of watercolor artists at the Federal Art Gallery, 77 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., showing brushes in a cup of water with a flower and a leaf, and tubes of paint. Date... More

[WPA poster design on blue background showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat above a blank banner]

[WPA poster design on blue background showing the head and hands of a ...

Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: "New York State WPA Art Program." Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Works Progress Administr... More

"The devil passes" Satan in a new role.

"The devil passes" Satan in a new role.

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Devil Passes" at the Musart Theatre, showing a hooded figure superimposed over the image of a man. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

See America Welcome to Montana / / M. Weitzman.

See America Welcome to Montana / / M. Weitzman.

Poster for United States Travel Bureau promoting travel to Montana, showing mountain scene with horse and rider. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Co... More

Keep your teeth clean - A poster that says keep your teeth clean

Keep your teeth clean - A poster that says keep your teeth clean

Poster promoting good oral hygiene, showing stylized face, toothbrush and toothpaste. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 19[38]. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 215 M... More

Watercolors and drawings, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, at the new Federal Art Gallery / herzog.

Watercolors and drawings, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administ...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of watercolors and drawings at the Federal Art Gallery, 225 W. 57 St., New York City, showing a seated woman. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of... More

Frakturs illumination - Pennsylvania Costumes and handicrafts, the Pennsylvania Germans.

Frakturs illumination - Pennsylvania Costumes and handicrafts, the Pen...

Poster promoting Pennsylvania, showing an Amish couple. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Safety for you, for all - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Safety for you, for all - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congre...

Poster for the WPA Illinois Safety Division promoting safety, showing a civil defense symbol. Hand-written on verso: 10/13/36. Designed by Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

The Federal Theatre presents "Up pops the devil" 3 act comedy by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich at the Waterloo Theater.

The Federal Theatre presents "Up pops the devil" 3 act comedy by Alber...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Up pops the devil" at the Waterloo Theater, showing stylized ballerina. Stamped on verso: Works Progress Administration, Des Moines, Iowa. Official business. ... More

Negative blood during treatment does not mean cure Continue treatment until discharged : New York State Department of Health.

Negative blood during treatment does not mean cure Continue treatment ...

Poster for New York State Department of Health promoting "treatment until discharged," showing a microscope. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

This is the storekeeper He sells the things that are good for you to eat : He must keep the food clean.

This is the storekeeper He sells the things that are good for you to e...

Poster about retail food markets, merchants, and healthy eating. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Whom have you exposed to syphilis Tell your physician : They should be examined : They may need treatment.

Whom have you exposed to syphilis Tell your physician : They should be...

Poster for New York State Dept. of Health encouraging treatment for syphilis. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Chris... More

"Hansel and Gretel," the gingerbread children by Humperdinck Music, animals, dancing, songs.

"Hansel and Gretel," the gingerbread children by Humperdinck Music, an...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Hansel and Gretel" at the Beaux Arts Theatre, 8th and Beacon Streets, Los Angeles, Calif., showing Hansel and Gretel talking to a witch. Work Projects Adminis... More

"The chocolate soldier" - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

"The chocolate soldier" - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congre...

Poster for the Federal Music Project presentation of "The Chocolate Soldier" at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored ... More

Exhibition of art by children / Osborn.

Exhibition of art by children / Osborn.

Poster for an exhibition of children's art, showing a cow and a house. Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher ... More

W.P.A. Federal Art Project of Illinois--Sculpture exhibition - 433 East Erie Street--April 10th - May 12th / Osborn -39.

W.P.A. Federal Art Project of Illinois--Sculpture exhibition - 433 Eas...

Poster for a sculpture exhibition sponsored by the W.P.A. Federal Art Project, showing a hand holding clay that has been shaped into the form of a face. Date stamped on verso: Apr 29 1939. Work Projects Adminis... More

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing smoke coming from smokestack of ship, Japanese submarine in foreground. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Pr... More

Book talks, 12:15 to 12:45 noon hour, every Thursday Nov. thru Apr.

Book talks, 12:15 to 12:45 noon hour, every Thursday Nov. thru Apr.

Poster for book talks at the Chicago Public Library, showing the sun. Date stamped on verso: Nov 1 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Handle with care - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Handle with care - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting safe driving showing a traffic signal and a steering wheel. Jan. 21 '43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). More information about the WPA Posters is availabl... More

See America Welcome to Montana / / R. Halls.

See America Welcome to Montana / / R. Halls.

Poster for the U.S. Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing cluster of tipis with mountains in the background. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Cong... More

When attending the World's Fair, visit beautiful Sea Cliff 250 ft. altitude : No mosquitos.

When attending the World's Fair, visit beautiful Sea Cliff 250 ft. alt...

Poster promoting Sea Cliff, Long Island for tourism, showing seacoast with cliffs, road, and New York World's Fair buildings. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by the village of Sea Cliff. Work Proje... More

Girls - are you interested in a job? Find out what an occupation has to offer you in pay, employment, security, and promotion : Free classes in occupations.

Girls - are you interested in a job? Find out what an occupation has t...

Poster for Illinois branch of the National Youth Administration promoting educational opportunities for young women seeking training for employment. Illinois National Youth Administration - Wm. J. Campbell, sta... More

Your blood is bad means you have syphilis You can give it to others through sexual intercourse and in other ways : You must keep up treatments for at least six months to one year following infection : Consult a reputable physician.

Your blood is bad means you have syphilis You can give it to others th...

Poster encouraging persons with syphilis to seek proper treatment and continue in treatment for at least one year, showing a test tube with blood. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration... More

Hundreds are receiving free instruction Drawing, painting, weaving, lithography, sculpture, etching, metal craft, photography, costume illustration [at] Harlem Community Art Center.

Hundreds are receiving free instruction Drawing, painting, weaving, li...

Poster for Federal Art Project sponsored art classes at the Harlem Community Center, 290 Lenox Ave, New York City. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

March on to health Get your test now : City of Chicago Municipal Tuburculosis Sanitarium.

March on to health Get your test now : City of Chicago Municipal Tubur...

Poster showing boys and girls marching. Date stamped on verso: Jan 13 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Chicago will control syphilis You may have your blood test free and confidentially at one of the following stations : Chicago Board of Health, Herman N. Bundesen, Pres.

Chicago will control syphilis You may have your blood test free and co...

Chicago Board of Health poster announcing blood tests, showing a hypodermic needle. Date stamped on verso: Jun 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

[Snow White and the seven dwarfs] / Aida.

[Snow White and the seven dwarfs] / Aida.

Poster depicting Snow White with the prince surrounded by the Seven Dwarfs. Date stamped on verso: Mar 24 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

The President's birthday ball "So we may dance again" Fight infantile paralysis.

The President's birthday ball "So we may dance again" Fight infantile ...

Poster for The President Hotel's birthday ball "so we may dance again" to raise funds in support of the fight to cure infantile paralysis. More information about the WPA Posters is available at http://hdl.loc.g... More

"Carmen" - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

"Carmen" - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Carmen" at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, Calif., showing a woman dancing. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Streamlined Shakespeare - winter's tale and midsummer night's dream Cut versions : Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & Miro.

Streamlined Shakespeare - winter's tale and midsummer night's dream Cu...

William Shakespeare books and illustrations The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during t... More

Seattle Children's Theatre [presents] "Flight" a living newspaper play

Seattle Children's Theatre [presents] "Flight" a living newspaper play

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Flight" at the Federal Theatre, Rainier & Atlantic, Seattle, Washington, showing an airplane. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congr... More

Amateur contest, July 23rd - Du Page County centennial, Warrenville / Gregg.

Amateur contest, July 23rd - Du Page County centennial, Warrenville / ...

Poster showing a stylized drawing of a woman singing. Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

WPA Federal Art Project in Ohio presents exhibition [of] Index of American Design

WPA Federal Art Project in Ohio presents exhibition [of] Index of Amer...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of "Index of American Design," showing perspective of hand holding brush, painting. Date stamped on verso: Nov 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (... More

Occupations related to mathematics

Occupations related to mathematics

Poster promoting occupations that require a background in mathematics, such as mathematics teacher, actuary statistician, mechanical engineer, accountant, auditor, bookkeeper, and calculating machine operator. ... More

Federal Theatre Project presents "I want a policeman" A gripping mystery drama by Rufus King & Milton Lazarus.

Federal Theatre Project presents "I want a policeman" A gripping myste...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "I Want a Policeman" at the Mt. Park Casino, Holyoke, Mass., showing the face and hand of a man holding a gun. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (... More

Visit the zoo - Philadelphia - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Visit the zoo - Philadelphia - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of C...

Poster promoting the zoo as a place to visit, showing a hippopotamus. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front, world's largest and most beautiful illuminated fountain ... / Buczak.

Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front, world's largest and most ...

Poster showing fountain and Chicago skyline. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 163

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment apply at - or write to Illinois State Employment Service.

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment ...

Poster for Illinois State Employment Service promoting jobs for women as domestics offering "good pay, good meals, good surroundings, [and] good working conditions," showing a woman washing dishes. Work Project... More

Expecting? Get the right advice from the right sources, your doctor or health bureau

Expecting? Get the right advice from the right sources, your doctor or...

Poster promoting proper health care for pregnant women, showing a stork. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Work... More

Your family needs protection against syphilis Your wife or husband and children should be examined and treated if necessary.

Your family needs protection against syphilis Your wife or husband and...

Poster for New York State Dept. of Health encouraging examination and treatment for syphilis, showing stylized mother with child on lap. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Curb service 10,000 current books - convenient, free, time saving : Chicago Public Library, Randolph St. corridor.

Curb service 10,000 current books - convenient, free, time saving : Ch...

Poster for bookmobile service of the Chicago Public Library, showing a traffic light. Date stamped on verso: Mar 25 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Don't jay walk Watch your step.

Don't jay walk Watch your step.

Poster encouraging pedestrians to obey the laws, showing a man being hit by an automobile while crossing the street, a policeman stands in the background. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937. Work Projects Admini... More

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Port of Philadelphia, Art Deco Poster

Poster promoting Philadelphia, showing railroad freight cars at the Port of Philadelphia. Date stamped on verso: Nov 6 1936. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Blocks by Domen... More

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the East St. Louis community art center fund / / D.S.

Ceiling zero 3 act play by Frank Wead : sponsored by the Junior Chambe...

Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library... More

Pet show - WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2

Pet show - WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2

Poster showing two dogs. Date stamped on verso: Apr 3 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

There are jobs for you, if trained Complete free course in household training : You learn meal planning , cooking, table service, laundry, cleaning and child care.

There are jobs for you, if trained Complete free course in household t...

Poster announcing opportunities and programs for persons with certain domestic skills and those wishing to acquire skills in homemaking. Date stamped on verso: Jul 20 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / / MW [monogram].

Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / / MW [monog...

Poster promoting use of fire retardant materials in home construction, showing a couple trapped in burning house. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of C... More

Lack of funds need not discourage from seeking competent medical care consult your health bureau.

Lack of funds need not discourage from seeking competent medical care ...

Poster promoting better health care. Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

War declared Almost! : For full details see "Warrior's husband" coming to Alcazar.

War declared Almost! : For full details see "Warrior's husband" coming...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Warrior's Husband" at the Alcazar, 260 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, California. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Save your eyes - use your goggles

Save your eyes - use your goggles

Poster for WPA Illinois Safety Division promoting safety and use of proper eye protection. Date stamped on verso: Apr 28 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More

History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. 1 : Fire department founded by Petrus Stuyvesant.

History of civic services in the city of New York Fire Department No. ...

Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing Peter Stuyvesant directing bucket brigade to put out building fire in 1656. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Librar... More

"Counsellor at law" Gripping drama by...Elmer Rice.

"Counsellor at law" Gripping drama by...Elmer Rice.

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Counsellor at Law" at the Mason Opera House, 127 S. Broadway. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Father & son banquet - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Father & son banquet - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster for a father and son banquet, sponsored by the Chicago Urban League, at the Savoy Ballroom. Attributed to Chicago artist, Albert M. Bender. Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administratio... More

Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc. / / R. Muchley.

Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc....

Poster encouraging skilled laborers to join the Seabees as part of the war effort. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

I pledge allegiance and silence about the war

I pledge allegiance and silence about the war

Poster promoting patriotism and suggesting that careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing the American flag. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collect... More

Save scrap for victory! Save metals, save paper, save rubber, save rags.

Save scrap for victory! Save metals, save paper, save rubber, save rag...

Poster for the Philadelphia Salvage Committee encouraging scrap drives to aid the war effort. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Approved and released by the Philadelphia Coun... More

Exhibition Index of American Design.

Exhibition Index of American Design.

Poster for WPA exhibition of "Index of American Design" at the Chicago Historical Society. Date handwritten on verso: 12/30/41. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of t... More

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudeville show at the Laurel Theatre.

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudevi...

Poster announcing vaudeville show to raise funds for the needy through New York City Mayor Edwards' milk fund, showing a large bottle of milk. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by Mayor Edwards' Welf... More

Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.

Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.

Poster for the Brookfield Zoo, showing hippopotamuses superimposed over outline of Africa. Date stamped on verso: Aug 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) Promotional go... More

Visit the aquarium in Fairmount Park

Visit the aquarium in Fairmount Park

Poster promoting the aquarium in Fairmount Park as a place to visit, showing fish. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1937.

In March read the books you've always meant to read

In March read the books you've always meant to read

Poster for statewide Library Project showing a windblown woman and books by authors such as Scott, Dumas, Thackeray, Dickens, Austen, and others. Date stamped on verso: Mar 25 1941. Work Projects Administration... More

Must we always have this? Why not housing?

Must we always have this? Why not housing?

Poster promoting planned housing as the solution to a host of inner-city problems, showing an inkblot on which are drawn elements of inner-city life. Date stamped on verso: Oct 20 1936. Work Projects Administra... More

Make your health points--get your test now / Kreger.

Make your health points--get your test now / Kreger.

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two girls playing basketball, shooting at hoop "good health." Date stamped on verso: Apr 24 1939. Work Pro... More

Is your child vaccinated Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Department of Health.

Is your child vaccinated Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Depar...

Poster for Chicago Department of Health showing large red question mark. Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet / / Frank S. Nicholson.

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet / / Frank S. Nicho...

Poster promoting Puerto Rico for tourism, showing view of harbor from Morro Castle. Date stamped on verso: Jul 18 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln. Attributed to Carken. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Exhibition Illinois Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration / / B.S.

Exhibition Illinois Federal Art Project Works Progress Administration ...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of art from the Illinois Federal Art Project at Federal Art Gallery, 225 West 57 Street, New York City. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration ... More

"The Pirates of Penzance" - Federal theatre project. Public domain poster.

"The Pirates of Penzance" - Federal theatre project. Public domain pos...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Pirates of Penzance" at the Savoy Theatre, showing a pirate and ship. Sponsored by San Diego Symphony Ass'n. Work Projects Administration Poster Collectio... More

"Volpone" by Ben Jonson - coin, public domain photograph

"Volpone" by Ben Jonson - coin, public domain photograph

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Volpone" at the Mayan Theatre, showing a skull with gold coins. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Trends in modern art / S.

Trends in modern art / S.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of modern art at the Federal Art Gallery, 1621 Pennsylvania Blvd., Philadelphia, Pa. showing abstract work. Date stamped on verso: Jan 23 1939. Work Projects Administra... More

University of California at Los Angeles presents festival of American dance featuring "An American exodus"

University of California at Los Angeles presents festival of American ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of a festival of American dance featuring "An American Exodus" with choreography and direction by Myra Kinch and music by Manuela Galea at the Royal Hall auditori... More

Languages - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Languages - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting occupations in the field of languages, such as language teacher, translator, reporter on foreign language journal, and librarian in foreign department, showing book and globe. Date stamped on v... More

Please keep the park clean - Art Deco public domain image

Please keep the park clean - Art Deco public domain image

Poster encouraging conservation of a natural resource area, showing a boy holding a butterfly net, sitting against a tree. Date stamped on verso: Oct 18 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Lib... More

While visiting the Fair, commute by land or water to beautiful Sea Cliff, L.I. 250 feet above sea level : No mosquitos : Golf and bathing.

While visiting the Fair, commute by land or water to beautiful Sea Cli...

Poster promoting Sea Cliff, Long Island for tourism, showing a boat at dock and the New York World's Fair in the background. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by the village of Sea Cliff. Work Projec... More

Ride together - work together - save rubber for victory / Ballinger.

Ride together - work together - save rubber for victory / Ballinger.

Poster promoting commuting and working together as part of the war effort. Philadelphia Metropolitan War Transportation Committee - Mayor Bernard Samuel - Robert A. Mitchell, Administrator. Work Projects Admini... More

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet.

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet.

Poster promoting Puerto Rico for tourism, showing view of park with palm trees. Date stamped on verso: Jul 19 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Chr... More

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat above a blank banner]

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a w...

Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: "New York State WPA Art Program." Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Works Progress Administr... More

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat above a blank banner]

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a w...

Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: "New York State WPA Art Program." Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Works Progress Administr... More

Visit Brookside Zoo free - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Visit Brookside Zoo free - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congr...

Text with leopard. Attributed to Carken. Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on your care.

Unfair to babies A helpless infant can't go on strike : It depends on ...

Poster promoting proper child care, showing a baby picketing. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 297 Forms part of: Work Project... More

They like winter in New York State The state that has everything / / J. Rivolta.

They like winter in New York State The state that has everything / / J...

Poster promoting winter sports, showing two people on skis. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by the Bureau of State Publicity - Conservation Dept. - Lithogow Osbor... More

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudeville show at the Laurel Theatre.

Give to the needy Join the mayor's welfare milk fund : Monster vaudevi...

Poster announcing vaudeville show to raise funds for the needy through New York City Mayor Edwards' milk fund, showing a large bottle of milk. Date stamped on verso: Feb 2 1939. Sponsored by Mayor Edwards' Welf... More

Syphilis .... six out of ten cured because they did not wait too long

Syphilis .... six out of ten cured because they did not wait too long

Poster promoting early treatment for syphilis, showing cured and sick men. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "W... More

See America / Dux. - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

See America / Dux. - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster for the United States Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing two people in caverns. More information about the WPA Posters is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.wpapos Date stamped on verso: Ju... More

Visit the Brookfield Zoo by the "L" / Gregg.

Visit the Brookfield Zoo by the "L" / Gregg.

Text with panda. Date stamped on verso: Jun 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: ... More

Pennsylvania - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Pennsylvania - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting Pennsylvania, showing landscape with farm and plowed fields. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly... More

49th annual exhibition of American paintings sculpture Ride the North Shore Line / / M. Waltrip.

49th annual exhibition of American paintings sculpture Ride the North ...

Poster for art exhibition to be held at the Art Institute of Chicago, October 20 to December 4, showing images of a city skyline and a farm superimposed over an American flag. Date stamped on verso: Oct 31 1938... More

Free instruction for children in painting & drawing / nbs.

Free instruction for children in painting & drawing / nbs.

Poster for Federal Art Project Art Teaching Division announcing art instruction for children. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of ... More

Boys - are you interested in a job? Find out what an occupation has to offer you in pay, employment, security, and promotion : Free classes in occupations.

Boys - are you interested in a job? Find out what an occupation has to...

Poster for Illinois branch of the National Youth Administration promoting educational opportunities for young men seeking training for employment. Illinois National Youth Administration - Wm. J. Campbell, state... More

Be kind to books club Are you a member? / / Gregg.

Be kind to books club Are you a member? / / Gregg.

WPA poster shows a group of children holding a sign for the book club. Purchase; Swann Galleries; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:157.06).

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