The Work Projects Administration (WPA) posters were produced from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest. The posters were designed to publicise exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs in seventeen states and the District of Columbia, with the strongest representation from California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The results of one of the first U.S. Government programs to support the arts, the posters were added to the Library's holdings in the 1940s.
For earlier works see parts 1 & 2, and for more information see part 1 also.
This is part 3 of a 4-part series on WPA posters:
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| 1936-1937 Port of Philadelphia artist: Robert Muchley woodblock print |
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| 1936-1938 Exhibition WPA Federal Art Project Index of American Design colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1938 Index of American Design Federal Art Gallery. Boston, MA artist: Russell W. West colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1938 Protect Her from Tuberculosis artist: Erik Hans Krause colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1938 See America - Welcome to Montana U.S. Travel Bureau W.P.A. Federal Art Project N.Y.C. artist: R. Halls colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1938 WPA Exhibition Federal Art Project - Index of American Design, Ohio colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1939 Federal Theatre Marionette Theatre presents RUR Remo Bufano (New York) colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1939 See America United States Travel Bureau W.P.A. Federal Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1939 W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents "Native ground" by Virgil Geddes artist: DeColas colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1940 Plains Farms Need Trees Illinois WPA Art Project artist: Joseph Dusek colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1940 Visit Pennsylvania Where Pre-revolutionary Costumes Still Survive Pennsylvania Art Project W.P.A. artist: Katherine Milhous colour lithograph print |
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| 1936-1941 "Just a Scratch" But! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid On-The-Job! W.P.A. Illinois Safety Division colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 Ephrata Visit the ancient cloisters of the early German Pietists in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Federal Art Project W.P.A. Pennsylvania artist: Milhous colour lithograph print |
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| 1936-1941 Fight Tuberculosis Obey the Rules of Health colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 Forum In cooperation with Forum Div., Board of Education W.P.A. Federal Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 index of American design at Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 Moments with Genius Radio Station WBBM W.P.A. Federal Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 Pennsylvania Works Progress Administration Pennsylvania Art Project colour woodcut print |
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| 1936-1941 Work Pays America! Works Progress Administration colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 Victory Concerts at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.C. artist: Byron Browne colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-1941 understanding The Arts W.P.A. Illinois artist: Shari colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 John Is Not Really Dull He May Only Need His Eyes Examined W.P.A. Federal Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 Parks Exhibition International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 Posters and Art Processes Methods Materials Tools Federal Art Gallery, N.Y.C. artist: Richard Floethe colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 The United States' First Foreign Trade Zone Staten Island, City of New York artist: J.Rivolta colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 Visit Brookside Zoo Free colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 Visit The Brookfield Zoo by the "L" Federal Art Project W.P.A. Illinois colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937 Work with Care colour silkscreen print |
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| 1937-38 Rural Pennsylvania artist: Katherine Milhouse colour lithograph print |
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| c1937 Protect our Birds Pennsylvania Game Commission colour silkscreen print |
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| c1937 Visit The Brookfield Zoo by the "L" Federal Art Project W.P.A. Illinois colour silkscreen print |
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| 1938 Haiti A Drama of the Black Napoleon W.P.A. Federal Theatre artist: Vera Bock colour silkscreen print |
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| 1938 Lassen Volcanic National Park colour silkscreen print |
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| 1938 Please Keep The Park Clean colour silkscreen print |
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| c1938 A Free Government Service Grand Canyon National Park colour silkscreen print |
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| c1938 Don't Kill Our Wild Life Department of Interior National Park Service colour silkscreen print |
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| c1938 Fort Marion National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida artist: Don C. Powell colour silkscreen print |
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| c1938 Yellowstone National Park Ranger Naturalist Service colour silkscreen print |
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| c1938 Zion National Park Ranger Naturalist Service colour silkscreen print |
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| 1939 Cavalry Guild Presbyterian Church presents Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore Cincinnati Federal Light Opera Group, W.P.A. Ohio artist: Earl Schuler colour silkscreen print |
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| 1939 Children's Drawings Federal Art Project W.P.A. Ohio artist: George Vander Sluis colour silkscreen print |
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| 1939 Father & Son Banquet Sponsored by Chicago Urban League Federal Art Project WPA Illinois colour silkscreen print |
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