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Blue and yellow WPA theatre poster for Sidney Howard's play Alien Corn at the Mayan Theatre, showing an ocean liner and sun.

"Alien corn" by Sidney Howard

Sidney Coe Howard, 1938

Black and yellow poster with a dome lamp casting a spotlight over the title "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon.

"The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon

Barré Lyndon, 1938

"Blind alley," by James Warwick

James Warwick, 1937

Theatre poster for Schiller's Mary Stuart at Bovard Auditorium, with an oval portrait of a woman in a ruff collar.

"Mary Stuart" directed by Jerome Coray

Friedrich Schiller, 1936

Poster for the play Brothers at the Mason Opera House, showing two clenched fists meeting over a yellow and black title.

"Brothers" by Herbert Ashton, Jr

Herbert Ashton, 1938

George Bernard Shaw's 3 act comedy "Captain Brassbound's conversion"

Bernard Shaw, 1936

Poster for Carmen at Philharmonic Auditorium showing a dancing woman in a red and blue ruffled skirt with arms raised.

"Carmen"

Prosper Mérimée, 1936

Poster for Dickens' play The Cricket on the Hearth at the Alcazar, shown as a red open book with black lettering.

Charles Dicken's immortal play "The cricket on the hearth"

Charles Dickens, 1936

Poster with red Christmas bells, holly, and an open book bearing the partly visible title Charles Dickens' The Cricket on the

Charles Dickens' "The cricket on the hearth"

Charles Dickens, 1936

Savoy Theatre poster for The Chocolate Soldier showing a uniformed officer and a woman before a garden and building.

"The chocolate soldier"

Oscar Straus, 1936

WPA poster for The Chocolate Soldier showing a soldier in a top hat embracing a woman before a castle, May 4 performance.

Los Angeles Federal Music Project presents "The chocolate soldier"

Oscar Straus, 1936

Federal Theatre Project poster for Counsellor at Law, showing a black silhouette of a gesturing man in a suit above bold titl

"Counsellor at law" by Elmer Rice

Elmer Rice, 1938

WPA theatre poster for Counsellor at Law at the Mason Opera House, showing a silhouetted man gesturing above the title.

"Counsellor at law" Gripping drama by...Elmer Rice

Elmer Rice, 1938

Red and black 1936 poster for The Devil Passes at the Lobero Theatre, showing a silhouetted man beside a red hooded figure wi

"The devil passes" Federal road show attraction : Direct from sensational Los Angeles run

Benn W. Levy, 1936

Theatre poster for The Devil Passes at the Lobero Theatre, showing a red-caped devil figure beside a man in a suit.

"The devil passes" Direct from sensational Los Angeles run

Benn W. Levy, 1936

Red and black 1936 poster for The Devil Passes at Musart Theatre, showing a silhouetted man before a red cloaked figure.

"The devil passes"

Benn W. Levy, 1936

Red, black and yellow 1936 theatre poster for Benn W. Levy's play The Devil Passes, with a cartoon man in a black suit.

"The devil passes" by Benn W. Levy

Benn W. Levy, 1936

Theatre poster for Dracula at Mason Opera House, shaped as a black bat with yellow lettering and a fanged face.

"Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] Two weeks only

Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston and Bram Stoker, 1938

Federal Theatre Project poster for Mason Theatre advertising Channing Pollock's play The Fool, 1936, red and green lettering.

"The fool" by Channing Pollock

Channing Pollock, 1936

Federal Theatre Project poster advertising Channing Pollock's play The Fool at the Mason Theatre, with church and palm illust

Federal Road-show attraction "The fool" by Channing Pollock

Channing Pollock, 1936

Poster of Fort Marion's stone walls and watchtower above a moat, with a tree reflected in the water, 1938.

Fort Marion National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida

C. Don Powell, 1938

Green and brown WPA theatre poster for Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel showing a forest cottage scene and performance times.

Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel"

Engelbert Humperdinck, 1936

WPA poster for Hansel and Gretel showing two children seated on a bench before green trees, with performance dates and prices

"Hansel and Gretel" by Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck, 1936

Federal Theatre poster for Help Yourself, showing a man in a suit and a woman with a money bag beside an iron gate of coins.

"Help yourself" A 3 act comedy

Paul Vulpius, 1937

Yellow and teal poster for Hansel and Gretel showing two children and a witch beside trees, advertising a Beaux Arts Theatre

"Hansel and Gretel," the gingerbread children by Humperdinck Music, animals, dancing, songs

Engelbert Humperdinck, 1936

Horizontal 1937 Federal Theatre poster for Maxwell Anderson's play High Tor, with red title lettering and WPA emblem.

"High tor"

Maxwell Anderson, 1937

Yellow and red poster for Hoyt's comedy A Texas Steer at the Mason Theatre, showing a cowboy hat over a domed building.

Hoyt's "A Texas steer" a rip roaring comedy of political life

Charles H. Hoyt, 1936

Poster for Elmer Rice's Judgment Day at Hollywood Playhouse, showing a blindfolded justice figure holding scales, with WPA lo

Elmer Rice's "Judgment day"

Elmer Rice, 1936

WPA theatre poster for Judgment Day by Elmer Rice, showing a balance scale in green and brown geometric design.

"Judgment day" by Elmer Rice

Elmer Rice, 1938

Federal Theatre WPA poster for Maxwell Anderson's comedy High Tor, with stylized yellow and red mountain rays on dark blue.

The critics prize play of 1937 Maxwell Anderson's fantastic comedy "High tor"

Maxwell Anderson, 1937

WPA poster for The Mikado at Philharmonic Auditorium, showing mountains, a pagoda, an arched bridge and pine trees.

"The Mikado"

Arthur Sullivan, 1936

Poster for The Milky Way at Mason Opera House, showing a stylized seated man surrounded by stars and a WPA Federal Theatre em

"The milky way" by Lynn Root and Harry Clork

Lynn Root and Harry Clork, 1938

Yellow and black poster for Paul Vulpius' comedy Help Yourself at Columbia Theatre, showing a money bag spilling coins.

Paul Vulpius' "Help yourself" A comedy hit in 3 hilarious acts

Paul Vulpius, 1937

Red and blue WPA theatre poster for Peg o' My Heart with a red heart and a silhouette of a woman holding a dog.

"Peg o'my heart" Love, laughter, romance!

J. Hartley Manners, 1936

Vintage poster for The Pirates of Penzance showing a cartoon pirate with a pistol and a sailing ship on waves.

"The Pirates of Penzance"

Arthur Sullivan, 1936

Federal Theatre poster for Jean Bart's drama The Squall, showing a woman in Spanish dress beside a yellow archway.

"The squall" Jean Bart's drama of romantic Spain

Jean Bart, 1937

Yellow WPA theatre poster for Hall Johnson's Run, Little Chillun showing stylized singing performers at the Savoy Theatre.

Hall Johnson's famous negro music-drama "Run, little chillun" Original Los Angeles production

Hall Johnson, 1936

Red and black theatre poster for the satirical comedy "To the Ladies!" at the Mason Opera House, July 19, 1938.

The satirical comedy "To the ladies" by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly

George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly, 1938

Red and green 1936 poster for Yiddish and English performances of "The Treasure" at the Musart Theatre, with dates and WPA em

"The treasure" by David Pinsky, directed by Adolph Freeman

David Pinski, 1936

Brown and teal poster for Uncle Vanya at the Musart Theatre, showing a figure with a pickaxe and a lamp, 40 cents.

"Uncle Vanya"

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, 1936

Black and gold 1936 WPA theatre poster for Volpone by Ben Jonson, showing a skull spilling gold coins.

"Volpone" by Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson, 1936

Federal Theatre Project poster for The Warrior's Husband at Hollywood Playhouse, with bold red geometric lettering and green

"The warrior's husband" Nightly except Monday : Hollywood Playhouse

Julian F. Thompson, 1942

Red circular poster with cream lettering reading The Warrior's Husband, Brilliantly Humorous Comedy.

"The warrior's husband" Brilliantly humorous comedy

Julian F. Thompson, 1936

Poster for The Warrior's Husband at the Alcazar, a Federal Theatre Project production, with bold red and black lettering.

"The warrior's husband" Julian Thompson's satirical smash hit Positively last week!

Julian F. Thompson, 1936

Poster for "Why Men Leave Home" by Avery Hopwood, showing a red heart split by a black crack and a WPA Federal Theatre Projec

"Why men leave home" by Avery Hopwood

Avery Hopwood, 1938

WPA theatre poster for Wild Birds at the Musart Theatre, showing stylized flying geese in black, white and red.

"Wild birds"

Dan Totheroh, 1936

Vintage theatre poster for Musart Theatre's Wild Birds, showing silhouetted figures, flying geese and a village, with admissi

"Wild birds" Drama of youthful emotions

Dan Totheroh, 1936

Poster for Hollywood Playhouse showing a timber cottage and a hanging sign reading "Will" with a wrought iron bracket.

Hollywood Playhouse [presents] "Will Shakespeare" by Clemence Dane His life and loves

Clemence Dane, 1938

Poster of Buckingham Fountain in Chicago with a yellow central jet, white arching streams, and a dark city skyline under blue

Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front, world's largest and most beautiful illuminated fountain ..

John Buczak, 1939

"Devil's disciple"

Bernard Shaw, 1936

Yiddish theatre poster for Memorial High School Roxbury showing three figures in hats beside English and Yiddish text.

A 3 act Yiddish folk comedy "Dus groise Gevins" (The 200,000) by Sholem Aleichem

Sholem Aleichem, 1938

WPA Federal Music Project poster with a blue lyre emblem announcing free Wednesday evening programs at the Bronx Community Ce

WPA Federal Music Project presents a series of programs every wednesday evening at 8:30 P.M. Free to the public /

Poster of two Pennsylvania German figures in dark costume flanking a stylized red and yellow tulip, with 'Pennsylvania' lette

Pennsylvania Costumes and handicrafts, the Pennsylvania Germans /

Katherine Milhous, 1936

WPA poster showing a crossed-out slum scene and an isometric model of a housing complex with the text Better Housing.

Better housing The solution to infant mortality in the slums

Anthony Velonis, 1936

Poster of three women and a boy in plain dress walking past a village with a steeple, under striped red and orange hills.

Rural Pennsylvania

Katherine Milhous, 1936

Poster of a man and woman with children walking toward a red schoolhouse, with birds in the sky and a decorative border.

Pennsylvania The little red schoolhouse /

Katherine Milhous, 1936

Stylized poster of a cargo ship and barge unloading in a harbor, with warehouses behind and the title Port of Philadelphia be

Port of Philadelphia

Robert Muchley, 1936

Green stylized worker swinging a tool beside the words WORK WITH CARE on a dark geometric background, 1936 WPA poster.

Work with care

Robert Muchley, 1936

Pennsylvania

Isadore Posoff, 1936

Cartoon policeman with revolver and nightstick on a red and navy 1936 Federal Theatre comedy poster.

The Federal Theatre presents "I want a policeman" by Rufus King & Milton Lazarus Fastest moving comedy of the season…

Rufus King and Milton Lazarus, 1936

Poster with red line drawings of Chippewa figures and a large red Seneca mask with black hair, titled Indian Court, 1939.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Chippewa picture writing, S…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Poster with a dark top hat on a stack of books against teal, advertising a Lincoln folk festival at New Salem State Park.

"Out of the wilderness" A folk festival of the New Salem years of Lincoln /

Albert M Bender, 1939

WPA poster with panels showing carpenter, machine shop worker, molder, painter, paint sprayer and sheet metal worker beside a

Occupations related to industrial arts

Blanche L Anish, 1937

Blue, red and cream WPA theatre poster showing a blindfolded justice figure with scales, announcing Elmer Rice's Judgment Day

Elmer Rice's "Judgment day"

Elmer Rice, 1938

Poster of three Pueblo turtle dancers in feathered headdresses and red and black skirts, with an adobe pueblo above, for the

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pueblo turtle dancers from…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Poster of a stylized Pomo basket with brown geometric patterns on yellow, advertising the Indian Court at the 1939 Golden Gat

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pomo Indian basket, Califor…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Poster of a western Alaska Eskimo mask with feathers and fur trim, promoting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition In

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Eskimo mask, western Alaska/

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Red stylized Haida figure with outstretched arms on black, advertising the Indian Court at the 1939 San Francisco exposition.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Blanket design of the Haida…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

WPA food conservation poster showing a basket of vegetables with the slogan 'Help us preserve your surplus...food'.

Help us preserve your surplus...food

William Tasker, 1941

Black and white WPA poster of penguins on rocky ground with the caption VISIT THE ZOO beneath.

Visit the zoo

Louise Welsh, 1936

Yellow poster with stacked red, blue and white bars reading 'DON'T WASTE WATER' and 'Philadelphia Council of Defense'.

Don't waste water

Raymond Willcox, 1941

Poster of a rat in a Japanese-style cap reaching for bait on a mousetrap over a yellow map of Alaska, labeled Army, Navy, Civ

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap

Edward T. Grigware, 1941

Wartime poster showing a ship exploding at sea, a swastika submarine, and planes, warning against using broadcast receivers.

Disaster Broadcast receivers can help the enemy sink you : Don't use them! /

Edward T. Grigware, 1941

Poster with a woman on a telephone, a globe with an ear, and the words Keep Mum, The World Has Ears.

Keep mum - the world has ears

Edward T. Grigware, 1941

Poster of an eagle dropping a bomb on a snake in a military cap coiled on a globe, with the text Salvage Scrap to Blast the J

Salvage scrap to blast the jap

Phil von Phul, 1940

Wartime poster warning that smoking ship stacks attract submarine attacks, showing a black smoke plume and a submarine on blu

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster /

Phil von Phul, 1940

Poster of a hand stamping a star-marked circle onto a swastika, with red text reading Stamp Out the Axis.

Stamp out the Axis

Phil von Phul, 1941

Wartime poster with a chrome faucet and the slogan 'No water, don't waste it!! No guns' on red and navy.

No water - no guns Don't waste it!!

William Tasker, 1941

Art Nouveau poster of a woman with a white camellia in her hair, against a pink starry background, for La Dame aux Camelias.

La dame aux camelias--Sarah Bernhardt Theatre de la Renaissance

Alphonse Mucha, 1896

Poster of a smiling woman in a yellow dress and hat at a table with wine and biscuits, advertising H. Lalo biscuits.

Amandines de Provence. Biscuits H. Lalo

Leonetto Cappiello, 1900

Poster for Inland Printer December showing a woman in white headdress and red dress holding mistletoe, with a town behind her

Inland Printer, December

J. C. Leyendecker, 1890

Black and white 1895 poster for the Mechanics Fair exhibition, showing a winged figure with a trumpet and a woman with a pale

Poster exhibit, Mechanics Fair, 19th exhibition

Elisha Brown Bird, 1895