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Red and black WPA theatre poster showing a stylized armed man in a bowler hat over a map of the United States.

Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents "It can't happen here" by Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis, 1936

Wartime British recruitment poster: a young man in a suit beside an older woman with her hand on his shoulder, on orange.

Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a nude figure in an open frame beside a vase and palette, with text promoting Michigan Art Month, 1936.

Michigan art month Know and buy the work of Michigan artists : See your local sales exhibition /

Maurice Merlin, 1936

1936 WPA exhibit poster with a paintbrush, compass, palette and bust, announcing an opening in Newark, New Jersey.

Exhibit - WPA Federal Art Gallery, State of New Jersey Opening Nov. 15, Calumet B'l'd'g., 17-19 William St., Newark, N.J

Angelo Tartaglia, 1936

Poster showing cavalry horsemen charging past an exploding shell, with the caption 'At the Front!' and an enlistment call bel

At the front! Every fit Briton should join our brave men at the front. Enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

The WPA Federal Dance Theatre presents "The eternal prodigal" Choreography by Gluck-Sandor, music by Herbert Kingsley

Senia Gluck-Sandor and Herbert Kingsley, 1936

Blue and yellow geometric poster of a man with finger to lips beside a money bag, advertising the farce Help Yourself, 1936.

Popular Priced Theatre presents a hilarious farce by Paul Vulpius "Help yourself."

Paul Vulpius, 1936

Red and black 1914 British recruitment poster with treaty text, drawn wax seals and signatures, and the words Enlist To-day.

The scrap of paper - Prussia's perfidy - Britain's bond [...] Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1914

Blue and cream concert poster with a large lyre, advertising the Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra concert at Mitchel

The Athletic & Recreation Dept. presents Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra Guest artist Jeanne Gordon, soprano…

Jeanne Gordon, 1936

Poster for the WPA Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspaper production of Power, with a large blue gear and red title lette

W.P.A. Federal Theatre Project Living Newspaper presents "Power" by Arthur Arent

Arthur Arent, 1936

Recruitment poster with silhouetted soldiers beside a cannon and a biplane, quoting Lord Kitchener: Enlist to-day.

"Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse." Lord Kitchener. Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster with a sun, rain cloud, man with suitcase pulling a woman through rain, announcing a high school comedy performance.

South Side High School senior class presents "It never rains" a comedy in 3 acts

Aurania Rouverol, 1936

Federal Theatre poster with scissors, needle, fish, and musical notes advertising The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper at Daly's

"The tailor becomes a storekeeper" A grotesque comedy by David Pinski : Daly's Theatre

David Pinski, 1936

Geometric WPA poster advertising two chamber operas with a stylized robot head and theatre details in blue, black and yellow.

W.P.A. Federal Music Project of New York City [presents] two chamber operas, "The romance of robot" [and] "La serva p…

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Paul Vellucci, 1936

Poster for Young Tramps showing two stylized dancers holding hands under diagonal rain and a hatched cloud, with bold letteri

Presented by The Federal Dance Theatre "Young tramps" Choreography by Don Oscar Becque, music by Donald Pond : The Am…

Donald Pond, 1936

Navy WPA poster announcing an Exhibition of Housing Photographs, with a stylized building outline and camera graphic in pale

Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project, Work Projects Administration /

M Acquaviva, 1936

Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon, by William Du Bois, Lafayette Theatre

Vera Bock, 1938

Poster with a black microscope beside a red circle, text saying negative blood during treatment does not mean cure.

Negative blood during treatment does not mean cure Continue treatment until discharged : New York State Department of…

Leslie Bryan Burroughs, 1936

Poster with a plow in a furrowed field, a farmhouse on a hill, and yellow sky, advertising the play Native Ground.

W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents "Native ground" by Virgil Geddes

Emanuel DeColas and Virgil Geddes, 1936

1936 WPA poster of two farmers in overalls shaking hands over a wheat stalk, with the slogan 'Work Pays America! Prosperity'.

Work pays America! Prosperity

Vera Bock, 1936

WPA poster with stylized still life of bottle, bowl and drapery above bold text offering free painting and drawing instructio

Free instruction in painting & drawing Art Teaching Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration

Leslie Bryan Burroughs, 1936

Blue-toned poster of two silhouetted visitors beside tall cave formations, with the text 'See America, United States Travel B

See America

Alexander Dux, 1936

WPA poster for four Beethoven music evenings at Greenwich House Music School, with a white lyre on yellow background.

WPA Federal Music Project presents four evening programs devoted to chamber music, lieder, and piano soli of Ludwig v…

Vera Bock, 1936

Exhibition - Metropolitan Museum of Art Adult students classroom - K

Richard Floethe, 1940

Poster showing a mother holding up an infant, with text stating congenital syphilis is preventable with treatment during preg

Congenital syphilis is preventable If syphilitic mothers will take adequate treatment during the last five months of…

Alexander Dux, 1936

"Battle hymn" a new play about John Brown of Harpers Ferry by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold At the Experimental…

George Goldschmidt and Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold, 1936

Poster by Richard Floethe, 1936, showing a geometric printing press in navy, gray and yellow promoting color lithography.

Print making A new tradition featuring original color lithography

Richard Floethe, 1936

Green horse figure on an ochre base above text announcing a children's art exhibition of the Federal Art Project, 1936 poster

Exhibition of work done by children in the free art classes of the Federal Art Project Works Projects Administration

Frank Greco, 1936

Colorful 1936 WPA vaudeville poster with a top-hatted performer, monkey musicians and a list of nine acts.

Federal WPA Variety Theatre presents vaudeville 9 big acts : Comedy, singing, dancing

Richard Halls, 1936

Poster with a stylized seated woman in blue and orange drapery above text announcing a Federal Art Project watercolor exhibit

Watercolors and drawings, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, at the new Federal Art Gallery

Harry Herzog, 1936