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Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, 1939
What it is
The Library of Congress dates this WPA poster only as a range, between 1936 and 1939, with a date stamp of February 2, 1939.
Why it matters
It lists a whole adult curriculum in a single run - social studies, home-making, business, music, Americanization, language, science, arts - for the School for Adult Education at the High School of Commerce on North Broadway in Yonkers, New York.
What to notice
A full curriculum in one breath - social studies, home-making, business, music, Americanization, language, science, arts.
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, 1939
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · 98513627
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
