Vintage WPA Posters
The varied history of the WPA, or Works Progress Administration, is chronicled through a wide array of vintage WPA posters. From advertisement to education, concert and theater announcements to travel suggestions, these vintage posters, produced by artists in the 1930s, are snapshots taken from daily life in the United States as it struggled to free itself from the thrall of the Great Depression. Read more.
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WPA - Pennsylvania - Plowed Fields Pennsylvania, showing landscape with farm and plowed fields. [More Info] |
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WPA - Public School Art - Sioux City Public school art, Sioux City Art Center / made by WPA Federal Art Project, Iowa. [More Info] |
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WPA - Sand Modeling Sand modeling for younger children. [More Info] |
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WPA - Who's Who in the Zoo Who's who in the zoo. [More Info] |
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WPA - Work with Care - Machinery Poster encouraging safety in the workplace, showing machinery. [More Info] |
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WPA - Young Man's Opportunity A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health. [More Info] |
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Zoo WPA Poster [More Info] |
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