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Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, 1938
What it is
Made for the WPA statewide library project, this silkscreen poster sits two children atop a giant open book, gazing down at mountains and trees below.
Why it matters
The Library of Congress dates it only as 'between 1936 and 1940', so no single year can be claimed.
What to notice
Two children perched on an open book look down over mountains and trees.
Made by artists on the public payroll — art the country already owned.
Provenance
- School
- WPA — Federal Art Project (United States)
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, 1938
- Source
- United States Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · 98513545
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government program work (WPA Federal Art Project), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
