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, and for more information see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of a 4-part series on WPA posters:
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| 1936-37 National Exhibition Index of American Design Federal Art Project WPA colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-37 Port of Philadelphia artist: Robert Muchley colour woodblock print |
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| 1936-39 Exhibition of Housing Photographs produced by Federal Art Project artist: M. Acquaviva colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Federal Theatre Marionette Theatre presents RUR artist: Charles Vers Schuuren colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Fire Wrecks A Forest colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Free Classes in Drawing - Painting Sculpture and Photography for Adults Federal Art Project artist: Frank S. Nicholson colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Fruit Store colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Keep Clean Federal Art Project artist: Erik Hans Krause colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Photographs Second Annual Exhibition, Sioux City Camera Club colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Sioux City Public School Art Sioux City Art Center colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Regional Poster Exhibition Federal Art Gallery, New York colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 See America United States Travel Bureau artist: Frank S. Nicholson colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 See America Welcome to Montana United States Travel Bureau colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Story Hour W.P.A Recreation Project. District No.2 artist: Shari Weisberg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Strictly Business Federal Art Project artist: John Buczak colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-39 Hiking W.P.A. Recreation Project artist: Shari Weisberg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 don't Gum Up a book W.P.A. Art Project artist: Arlington Gregg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 Interior Decoration W.P.A. Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 Museum of Science & Industry, Illinois W.P.A. Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 Wild Life The National Parks Preserve All Life artist: Frank S. Nicholson colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Don't Kill Our Wild Life Department of the Interior Wildlife Service colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 A Book Mark would be better! W.P.A. Art Project artist: Arlington Gregg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 don't Gum Up a book W.P.A. Art Project artist: Arlington Gregg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 This breaks the back of a book! W.P.A. Art Project artist: Arlington Gregg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-40 Rain is bad for a book! W.P.A. Art Project artist: Arlington Gregg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Exhibition Oil Paintings from the Easel Division New York City WPA Art Project artist: Henry Jerome Rothstein colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Exhibition of Paintings Federal Art Project WPA colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 If ye Break Faith Federal Theatre WPA two-colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Fight Tuberculosis Obey the Rules of Health colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Free Classes Trade and Technical colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 WPA Federal Theatre Project 891 presents Horse Eats Hat Maxine Elliot's Theatre colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 In March Read the Books You've Always Meant yo Read colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 January A year of good reading ahead Statewide W.P.A Library Project, Illinois colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 New Trier Evening School Classes for Adults Illinois W.P.A. Art Project colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Pennsylvania artist: Katherine Milhouse colour woodcut print |
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| 1936-41 The Devil Passes Comedy drama by Benn W. Levy colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 The Eternal Prodigal WPA Federal Theatre colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 understanding The Arts artist: Shari Weisberg colour silkscreen print |
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| 1936-41 Visit the Zoo Federal Art Project W.P.A. Pennsylvania colour woodcut print |
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| 1936-41 visit the Zoo Philadelphia Federal Art Project W.P.A. Pennsylvania colour woodblock print |
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| 1936-43 Protect Her From Tuberculosis artist: Erik Hans Krause colour silkscreen print |
