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Black and orange 1937 poster with a stylized globe reading 'The world wants new knowledge, new skills' promoting free federal

The world wants new knowledge - new skills Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many places - informal tea…

Sam Braun, 1937

Poster with a large green tree on a mound and the words PROTECT YOUR PARKS in black capital letters below.

Protect your parks

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1938

Art Deco WPA poster advertising an exhibition with a bearded worker, a hammer-wielding figure, and a lightning bolt.

Exhibition Metropolitan housing project sketches, sculpture, ceramics, murals

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1939

WPA poster showing a framed landscape with a tree, blue lake, and birds, announcing easel painting exhibits at Euclid Ave.

Federal Art Project, 4300 Euclid Ave., exhibits easel paintings

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1938

1938 WPA poster for William Sommer paintings at Cleveland Art Center, showing a stylized horse before a red barn and sun.

Paintings by William Sommer

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1938

Poster of an oak branch with yellow leaves and acorns above the caption "Only God Can Make a Tree."

"Only God can make a tree"

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1938

Poster of a boy in overalls sitting under a tree with a butterfly net, with the words Please Keep the Park Clean.

Please keep the park clean

Stanley Thomas Clough, 1938

WPA poster for a Young People's Concert by the Cincinnati Federal Symphonic Orchestra, showing a flute player and instruments

Cincinnati Federal Symphonic Orchestra, Works Progress Administration presents young people's concert under the spons…

Joseph Byron Egan, 1939

Poster for Carmen with a stylized male dancer in a red jacket and cape against a yellow crescent moon.

"Carmen" Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association and the Federal Music Project : Ballet directed by Madame Bianca

John LaQuatra and Prosper Mérimée, 1939

Blue and red poster showing a pirate ship with sails reading Pirates of Penzance, advertising a Cincinnati Federal Theatre pr

Cincinnati Federal Theatre [presents] "Pirates of Penzance" [a] Gilbert & Sullivan operetta

Arthur Sullivan, 1937

Poster titled Occupations related to household arts showing eight line-drawn women labeled cook, nursemaid, teacher, and more

Occupations related to household arts

Peter Radin, 1938

Poster listing language-related occupations in orange capitals on blue, with the script word Language on an orange band.

Occupations related to language

Peter Radin, 1937

Yellow and brown poster reading Learn More Live More, with a circular Free emblem advertising federal adult classes.

Learn more live more Free Federal adult classes in many subjects : 225 teachers - 170 centers

Fred Rentschler, 1937

Poster with a globe, drafting compass and scroll above the slogan 'This is an adult world, its problems are up to you!'

This is an adult world, its problems are up to you! Free : Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many place…

Fred Rentschler, 1938

Poster with a torch and open book inside an oval, slogan 'We are all ignorant on some subjects - what is yours?' and adult sc

We are all ignorant on some subjects - what is yours? Free : Enroll - Federal adult schools : Many courses - many pla…

Fred Rentschler, 1938

Poster of a smiling waving man beside an aerial view of brick low-rent housing blocks among trees, with bold lettering.

Low rent - Woodhill Homes, 2567 Woodhill Road

Earl Schuler, 1936

Poster with a black tire and cog wheel on red and blue, reading 'Ride together, work together, save rubber for victory'.

Ride together - work together - save rubber for victory

Harry Russell Ballinger, 1941

Red and black 1936 theatre poster showing a tilted house, a woman and child, and the title One Third of a Nation.

The Federal Theatre's "One third of a nation"

Leon Carlin and Arthur Arent, 1936

Wartime poster showing sand bucket, shovel, fire extinguisher, first aid kit and flashlight under the words 'Get it now.'

This is your air raid protection Get it now /

Zebedee Johnson, 1941

Exhibition WPA Federal Art Project Pennsylvania /

Katherine Milhous, 1936

Poster of Ephrata Cloisters buildings under a sunburst with two angels holding a wreath, reading Visit Historic Ephrata, Penn

Visit historic Ephrata, Pennsylvania

Katherine Milhous, 1936

Poster of a Pennsylvania Dutch family with a rooster and basket of eggs, in flat red, blue and yellow shapes.

Pennsylvania

Katherine Milhous, 1936

Art deco style poster of a robed figure holding a flower, with doves, red scrolls, and the title Ephrata above cloister build

Ephrata Visit the ancient cloisters of the early German pietists in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania /

Katherine Milhous, 1936

Poster of a cartoon housefly beside a yellow bomber dropping bombs, with a city skyline below and the text 'The fly is as dea

The fly is as deadly as a bomber!!

Robert Muchley, 1941

Grey-green poster of rolling Pennsylvania farm hills with striped fields, a wooden fence, a large tree, and the word PENNSYLV

Pennsylvania

Robert Muchley, 1936

Poster of a sailor using a riveting gun on a steel beam, with palm-lined island and ships behind, reading Build for your Navy

Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc. /

Robert Muchley, 1941

WPA-style 1941 poster urging enrollment in the American Merchant Marine, showing a hoisted cargo sack beside a ship's hull.

Enroll American Merchant Marine Special training - deck department, engineering, radio, steward, cooks, etc. : Sign u…

Glenn Stuart Pearce, 1941

Wartime poster with factory smokestacks and a city skyline, reading War industry needs water, protect production, use it wise

War industry needs water Protect production : Use it wisely

Glenn Stuart Pearce, 1941

Poster of four walking figures of different ages in yellow and red against blue, with a classical library building and bold t

Young and old visit the library on the parkway

Nathan Sherman, 1936

Poster for a comic opera, Giroflé Girofla by Charles Le Coq, at Alliance of Poles Hall, tickets 35 cents.

Cuyahoga County Opera Association and Federal Music Project present "Giroflé Girofla" by Charles Le Coq Comic opera

Earl Schuler and Charles Lecocq, 1938

Black and white Federal Theatre poster for Big White Fog with a skyscraper silhouette, clouds, and a gesturing figure.

Federal Theatre presents "Big White Fog" A negro drama by Theodore Ward, staged by Kay Ewing

Theodore Ward, 1990

Poster for the comedy "The Alarm Clock" by Avery Hopwood, showing a striped alarm clock on a blue background.

"The alarm clock" by Avery Hopwood

Avery Hopwood, 1936

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