wpa : works progress administration prints for change
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WPA :WORKSPROGRESSADMINISTRATION
PRINTS FOR CHANGE
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Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy : 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lomb : Pack carefully and send to Navy Observatory, Washington, D.C.
CREATED/PUBLISHEDN.Y. State : WPA, [between 1941 and 1943]
SUMMARYPoster asking citizens to lend their binoculars to the Navy, showing a ship hit by a torpedo.
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Please keep the park clean.
Clough, Stanley Thomas, 1905- artist.
CREATED/PUBLISHEDOhio : Federal Art Project, W.P.A., 1938.
SUMMARYPoster encouraging conservation of a natural resource area, showing a boy holding a butterfly net, sitting against a tree.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Oct 18 1938.
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Don't kill our wild life.
CREATED/PUBLISHEDNYC : Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1940]
SUMMARYPoster showing two deer crossing road in front of approaching car.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Jul 18 1940.
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Visit the aquarium.CREATED/PUBLISHEDPennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]
SUMMARYPoster promoting aquariums as places to visit, showing jellyfish.
NOTESPoster designed by Hugh Stevenson, Philadelphia.Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937.
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Visit the aquarium in Fairmount Park.
Muchley, Robert, artist.CREATED/PUBLISHEDPennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]
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Eliminate crime in the slums through housing.CREATED/PUBLISHED[New York : Federal Art Project, 1936]
SUMMARYPoster promoting planned housing as a method to deter crime in the slums, showing stylized man holding a gun against a backdrop of tenement buildings.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936.Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor - Langdon W. Post, Commissoner.
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Don't mix 'em.
Lachenmann, Robert, artist.CREATED/PUBLISHEDPennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]
SUMMARYPoster showing whiskey bottle, gas pump, and a skull.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937.
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An orderly line is a safe line! / BEN [monogram].
CREATED/PUBLISHED[New York] : N.Y.C. WPA War Services, [between 1941 and 1943]
SUMMARYPoster promoting safety procedures during civil defense air raid drills.
NOTESPoster design attributed to B.E.N.Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
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Your wartime duty! Don't waste water : Do not let water run a long time to get a drink : Do keep water in icebox instead / Kerkam.Kerkam, Earl, artist. CREATED/PUBLISHED [New York] : NYC WPA War Services, [between 1941 and 1943]SUMMARYPoster for The New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas & Electricity for a campaign to conserve water, showing a man drinking waternking water.
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Don't be a drip! : Be patriotic ... Stop leaks ... Save water.Angus, Charlotte, artist.CREATED/PUBLISHED[Pennsylvania] : Penna Art WPA, [between 1941 and 1943]SUMMARYPoster encouraging people to conserve water.NOTESDate stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43.
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Service on the home front : There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts.
Hirshman, Louis, artist.
CREATED/PUBLISHED[Pennsylvania : WPA War Services Project, between 1941 and 1943]
SUMMARYPoster encouraging participation in civil defense efforts, showing family prepared for work.
NOTESDate stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43.
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John is not really dull - he may only need his eyes examined.
CREATED/PUBLISHED[New York] : W.P.A. Fed. Art Project, [1936 or 1937]
SUMMARYPoster recommending eye examinations for children having difficulty learning, showing a woman holding an eye chart(?) in front of a boy reading a book.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937.Sponsored by Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie, M.D., Health Officer.
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Keep your teeth clean.
CREATED/PUBLISHED[Rochester, NY] : Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1938]
SUMMARYPoster promoting good oral hygiene, showing stylized face, toothbrush and toothpaste.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Sep 2 19[38].Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
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As old as creation : Syphilis is now curable :Consult your physician / JD.
CREATED/PUBLISHED[New York] : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]
SUMMARYPoster promoting treatment for syphilis, showing dinosaurs.
NOTESTown of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer.Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937.
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Syphilis : False shame and fear may destroy your future : Have your blood tested.
Krause, Erik Hans, b. 1899, artist.
CREATED/PUBLISHED[Rochester, N.Y.] : WPA Federal Art Project, [between 1936 and 1938]
SUMMARYPoster for treatment of syphilis, showing a man and a woman bowing their heads in shame.
NOTESDate stamped on verso: Nov 8 1938.
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Pennsylvania.Milhous, Katherine, 1894- artist.CREATED/PUBLISHEDPennsylvania : Federal Art Project, WPA, [between 1936 and 1941]SUMMARYPoster promoting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, showing an Amish family.
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The fly is as deadly as a bomber!!.
Muchley, Robert, artist.
CREATED/PUBLISHEDPhiladelphia, Pa. : War Services Project, [between 1941 and 1943]
SUMMARYPoster for Philadelphia Department of Health warning of potential health risks from exposure to flies.
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Elisa Poletta
Love is the Cure
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS creating images that focus on the topic of positive change
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Babak Safari
Peace
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Arien CostaDepaula
No Hate. Yes Love.
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Smile Banh
Culture is more than a Sterotype
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Michael Jenner
We Are It’s All Connected
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Justin Soest
Why
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Jay Young-Moriya
Weapons Not Food
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Chesca Tria
Cyber Security
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Asher Jay
Wild Chorus Line
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Asher Jay
Dolphin Drip Disaster
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Marc Clanchy
Homeless
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Samantha Leo
Homeless Birds
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Hamed Sohrabi
Move Toward Peace
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Morteza Farahnak
Violence
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RESOURCESBOOKS:Posters for the People: Art of the WPA, Enis Carter (Editor), Christopher Denoon (Foreword by)
Posters of the WPA Christopher Denoon (Author) Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today, Josh MacPhee What is a Print?Sarah Suzuki
REVOLUTION ON PAPER MEXICAN PRINTS 1910-1960By Dawn Ades, Alison McClean Propaganda Prints: A History of Art in the Service of Social and Political Changeby Colin Moore Printmaking: In a Transforming South Africa Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now: Prints from The Museum of Modern ArtBy Judith B. Hecker
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