#illinois wpa

[lisamarie-vee]

#graphic design #printmaking #chicago #illinois wpa #the art institute of chicago #1940s

[pwlanier]

CHARLES HECHTER (1886-1951) 1938 OIL ON CANVAS

Charles Hechter (1886-1951)

Untitled Modernist Industrial Scene (March 1938)

The iconic industrial scene by the Illinois artist registered as being an Illinois WPA artist is signed and dated lower left front.

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[libriaco]

Attente al lupo!

Mia rielaborazione del poster "Once upon a time", ca. 1938, della WPA* , su Wikimedia Commons, usando TypoEffect.

(*) The Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection consists of 907 posters 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 publicize 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.

#Perrault #Grimm

[maginot-mickey]

Title: A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; made by Illinois WPA Art Project, Chicago.

Creator(s): Bender, Albert M.

Date Created/Published: Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [1941]

Summary: Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe.

Source: LoC

#civilian conservation corps #CCC #New Deal #1930s #Great Depression #wpa poster #federal art project #1940s #1941 #1940s poster #John M. Bender #library of congress

[vintagraphblog]

Democracy ... a challenge. From the Illinois WPA Art Project comes a poster for democracy, depicting the Statue of Liberty torch being held aloft by a hand. Circa 1936.

Democracy ... a challenge poster | WPA Posters

#democracy #statueofliberty #freedom #liberty #wpaposter #vintagraph #vintageposters #vintage #vintageprints #posters #retroprints

[gentlyepigrams]

For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library more often (LOC) by The Library of Congress For greater knowledge on more subjects use your library more often Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941] 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. Notes: Poster showing a mortarboard and a pair of glasses superimposed over a globe, promoting use of libraries. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Jan 24 1941. Subjects: Libraries--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Education--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1950. Format: Posters--1930-1950. Screen prints--Color--1930-1950. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05183 Call Number: POS - WPA - ILL .01 .F665, no. 1 https://flic.kr/p/2nkd5k5

#support your local library #vintage advertising #wpa art

[wordofthewolf]

The Muppet Show Season 7 Pt. 4

S07E10 Charlemane, Kukla, Ollie, and Lambchop Burr Tillstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois and stayed in town for college at the University of Chicago. While still in college he worked for the WPA to build a marionette theater which started what would end up being a legendary career. In the late 30s he came up with his most famous character, Kukla, a little clown doll. (Kukla is Russian for…

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#Bil Baird #Burr Tillstrom #Frank Zappa #Johnny Carson #Muppets #Season 7 #Shari Lewis #The Muppet Show

[jwood718]

Stamp Out the Axis: Phil Von Phul for the Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy W.P.A., 1941.

It Can’t Happen Here: WPA Federal Theatre presents "It can't happen here" dramatized by Sinclair Lewis & J.C. Moffitt : Adelphi Theatre, 54th Street East of 7th Ave, by Richard Halls, 1936 or 1937.

Is Your Child Vaccinated?:  Illinois WPA Art Project, between 1936 and 1941.

Be Kind to Books Club: Arlington Gregg, between 1936-1940. Illinois WPA Art Project.

(minor processing by Jake Wood, 2022)

The past is never past.

Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog

WPA Posters collection

#Illustration #WPA posters #library of congress

[mehetibel]

September. Back to work--back to school, back to books (LOC) by The Library of Congress Via Flickr: September. Back to work--back to school, back to books Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1940] 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. Notes: Poster for WPA Statewide Library Project, showing a boy holding a book in his raised hand. Date stamped on verso: Aug 30 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Subjects: Boys--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Reading--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Books--1930-1940. Format: Posters--1930-1940. Screen prints--Color--1930-1940. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05199 Call Number: POS - WPA - ILL .01 .S46, no. 1

#Library of Congress #dc:identifier=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05199 #flickr

[fdrlibrary]

Snowy Days, Chicago

This painting by Ceil Rosenberg was created for the Treasury Department’s Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). It was displayed at a PWAP exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery from April 24-May 20, 1934: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/8376/snowy-days-chicago

#chicago #illinois #wpa #pwap #snow #cityscape #painting #fdr #franklin d. roosevelt #museum from home #archives at home #museum collection #artifact #1930s

[lisamarie-vee]

#the art institute of chicago #graphic design #printmaking #illinois wpa

[thefugitivesaint]

Albert M. Bender, 'October's ''bright blue weather'', A good time to read', 1936-40 Source

#poster art #public service projects #reading #libraries #chicago #halloween #albert m. bender #graphic artists #american artists #illinois wpa art project

[libriaco]

Siate gentili...

... ma non con tutti i libri, eh!

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) Poster Collection consists of 907 posters 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 publicize 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.

#Libri

[maginot-mickey]

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

Creator(s): Bender, Albert M., artist

Date Created/Published: Chicago : Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941]

Summary: 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.

Source: LoC

#Albert M. Bender #interwar #1930s #1940s #wpa poster #1930s poster #1940s poster #new deal #wpa #women in the workplace #federal art project

[vintagraphblog]

Detail from Visit the Brookfield Zoo Panda poster by WPA artist Arlington Gregg. Circa 1938.

(Visit the Brookfield Zoo Panda | WPA Posters)

#vintage #poster #art #wpa #green #panda #bear #zoo #animals #chicago #illinois #cute #cuddly

[gentlyepigrams]

Free neighborhood classes for adults (LOC) by The Library of Congress Free neighborhood classes for adults Enroll now : Classes in reading - writing - arithmetic - also art - music - psychology - language - social studies. Ill. : Federal Art Project, WPA, [1937] 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. Notes: Poster from the Adult Education Program of the Chicago Board of Education announcing free education classes for adults, showing a man, wearing a suit, reading. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: May 22 1937. Subjects: Chicago (Ill.).--Board of Education--Public relations--1930-1940. Adult education--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Format: Posters--1930-1940. Screen prints--Color--1930-1940. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3f05182 Call Number: POS - WPA - ILL .01 .F7437, no. 1 https://flic.kr/p/2nkitBM

#vintage advertising #vintage posters #wpa art