Another poster that we've never seen before! This poster is not catalogued in the Library of Congress, so this addition brings our total in the virtual comprehensive archive up to 2270!
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Another poster that we've never seen before! This poster is not catalogued in the Library of Congress, so this addition brings our total in the virtual comprehensive archive up to 2269!
"It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. Set in a fictionalized version of the 1930s United States, it follows an American politician, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who quickly rises to power to become the country's first outright dictator (in allusion to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Nazi Germany), and Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor who sees Windrip's fascist policies for what they are ahead of time and who becomes Windrip's most ardent critic. The novel was adapted into a play by Lewis and John C. Moffitt in 1936." from Wikipedia entry
The WPA Federal Theatre Project across the country staged this play. There are many posters that have been catalogued because they are in the Library of Congress, but this is new to us and not on record anywhere that we can find. This brings our comprehensive total poster designs found up to 2268! This is an important and timeless message, especially now, during the U.S. election season! We've never seen this WPA poster for music classes from the Federal Music Project in New York City. It's not catalogued by the Library of Congress. So, this brings our total on the virtual archive up to 2267!!! Help us celebrate by taking a look at this beauty. All of this type would have been done by hand and carefully cut out for #screenprinting Emily Scott recently interviewed her Grandpa Sidney Schnall for his 94th birthday about his childhood memories of Crotona Park. As a young boy, Sidney spent his summer days at the pool, which was opened in 1936. Crotona Park and all of its recreation areas in the Bronx, NY were built as part of WPA public projects from 1935-1938. BONUSWatch this short for Sidney's memories at "Indian Pond" during Rosh Hashanah. HAPPY 94TH BIRTHDAY, SIDNEY SCHNALL!Emily Scott is the Impact Liaison at Social Impact Studios and helps run its Posters for the People: Art of the WPA project.
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Documenting and Presenting the Posters of the WPA
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