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Cream and black WPA theatre poster announcing Chalk Dust, a play in 16 scenes, at the Cincinnati Federal Theatre in 1936.

"Chalk dust" a play in 16 scenes, cast of 40

Blanche L Anish, 1936

Yellow WPA poster with a green book, black world map in an orange circle, and an orange ribbon reading LANGUAGES.

Languages

Blanche L Anish, 1938

Poster with six vignettes of workers including carpenter, machine shop worker, molder, painter, paint sprayer, and sheet meta

Occupations related to industrial arts

Blanche L Anish, 1936

Green poster announcing Federal Adult Classes, with blue lettering, a Free emblem, and school address details.

Announcing federal adult classes Learn more - live more

Sam Braun, 1937

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