The WPA & the Golden Age · Reading & the Stage
In March read the books you've always meant to read
Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, 1938
What it is
A WPA statewide Library Project poster in which a windblown figure carries the classics you have been putting off, named on the sheet as Scott, Dumas, Thackeray, Dickens and Austen.
Why it matters
It was printed as a colour silkscreen on board. The Library of Congress dates it only as 'between 1936 and 1941', with a verso stamp of Mar 25 1941, so treat the year as a range.
What to notice
A windblown woman braces against March, trailing Scott, Dumas, Dickens and Austen.
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 · 98507722
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
