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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

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

"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