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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

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

"Wild birds"

Dan Totheroh, 1936

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

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

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

"Devil's disciple"

Bernard Shaw, 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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania

Isadore Posoff, 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

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

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