WPA Posters
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When making your New Year’s resolutions this year, why not take some advice from the New Deal? Many of these WPA posters offer maxims that are just as relevant today as they were 75 years ago. To name a few: "See America," "Spare Our Trees," “ Keep Your Teeth Clean,” and “ In March, Read the Books You’ve Always Meant to Read."
The 25 posters selected for this set come from the Library’s collection of over 900 WPA posters. (WPA meaning first Works Progress Administration, then Work Projects Administration.) The original silkscreen, lithograph, and woodcut posters were produced between 1936 and 1943 as part of one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts. The posters, typically 22 x 14 inches in size, promoted exhibits, community activities, and health, safety, and educational programs.
The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division preserves the original posters and offers the digital copies to ensure their wide availability.
For more information and to see the rest of the collection, visit:
www.loc.gov/pictures/collectio n/wpapos/
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Comments on this set
clickykbd says:Thanks for this set upload, love these! |
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Missouri says:Larger resolution, please? |
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jvoves says:Larger resolution, pretty please? |
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YeahDog says:I love these! Can we please get some more when possible? |
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The Library of Congress says:Missouri and Jvoves: Sorry it was hard to find the larger TIFF files! We've renamed the link in each Flickr description that takes you directly to the same image on the Library's website, where the biggest files are available. (It now says "Higher resolution image available.") |
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Missouri says:Thanks, LOC, for the explanation! |
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Poesía verde- says:Great album... |