The WPA & the Golden Age · Reading & the Stage
Presented by The Federal Dance Theatre "Young tramps"
Federal Dance Theatre / Work Projects Administration, 1936
What it is
A 1936 poster for the Federal Dance Theatre's production "Young Tramps," showing two men walking in the rain.
Why it matters
The Depression subject matter is unmistakable, handled in the flat, hard-edged colour that hand-cut screen stencils produce. Printed on board as one print in the Work Projects Administration poster series held by the Library of Congress; no individual designer is recorded.
What to notice
Two figures walking in the rain, cut in silkscreen for the Federal Dance Theatre's "Young Tramps."
Made by artists on the public payroll — art the country already owned.
Provenance
- School
- WPA — Federal Art Project (United States)
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- Federal Dance Theatre / Work Projects Administration, 1936
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 98515030 (cph.3f05351)
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
