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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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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