A set of interesting photos from
Britt Fuller that show vintage posters from the Works Progress Administration which was an agency of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Vintage posters promoting Americans during the Great Depression and WWII |
WPA artists designed and produced these posters to promote New Deal initiatives during the Great Depression and continued to produce posters during WWII to contribute to the war effort.
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A WPA poster promoting New Deal Art programs, circa 1937 |
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A Works Progress Administration Poster for statewide Library Project, 1937 |
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Make It Safe: A safety poster created by the Works Progress Administration, circa 1938 |
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Poster for Federal Music Project announcing free instruction in music, 1938 |
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of “Myra Kinch and Group” in a concert of modern dance at the Hollywood Playhouse, showing a dancer flinging her skirt wide, 1938 |
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WPA poster promoting a healthy, balanced diet, circa 1938 |
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1939 New York World's Fair poster by Joseph Binder |
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A poster for the 1939 New York World’s Fair by artist Nembhard N. Culin |
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A poster for the 1939 World's Fair in New York |
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A poster for the 1939 World's Fair in New York |
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A WPA poster referencing the 1939 New York World’s Fair |
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Know the Facts: A WPA poster, imploring the public to develop critical thinking skills, circa 1939 |
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A WPA poster promoting home safety, circa 1940 |
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A poster promoting women war workers, 1942 |
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A WPA poster from 1942 promoting good workplace practices for the war effort during WWII |
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WWII recruiting poster by artist Ivan Dimitri, 1942 |
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“For Defense. Blood means Life. Call Your Red Cross Chapter Today”, 1943 |
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A WWII conservation salvage poster from 1943 |
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A WWII lumber production poster from 1943 |
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A WWII poster asking civilians to donate their cooking grease waste for making munitions, circa 1943 |
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A WWII propaganda poster from 1943 by Kenny Clayton |
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A WWII V-Mail poster from 1943 |
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The Four Freedoms: Freedom from Fear by Norman Rockwell, February 1943 |
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The Four Freedoms: Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell, February 1943 |
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The Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech by Norman Rockwell, February 1943 |
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The Four Freedoms: Freedom of Worship by Norman Rockwell, February 1943 |
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A forest fire prevention poster from 1944 |
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A World War II poster from 1944 promoting workplace eye safety |
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A Victory Garden poster from WWII |
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A Works Progress Administration poster touting the importance of music during World War II |
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A World War II poster reminding war workers to remain vigilant against Axis saboteurs |
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A World War II poster |
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A World War II propaganda poster encouraging civilians on the home front to follow wartime rationing guidelines |
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A WWII poster encouraging Americans to be more informed to defend democratic civic life |
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A WWII Poster promoting national unity |
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Above and Beyond: A WWII poster honoring Navy Cross recipient Dorie Miller, hero of Pearl Harbor |
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An American World War II propaganda poster |
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An American WWII defense poster |
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Calling all inventors. A WWII propaganda poster |
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Keep Punching: An American production poster from World War II |
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Keep Us Flying: Tuskegee Airman William Diez is featured in this World War II plea for Americans to buy war bonds. The poster is one of a series of patriotic posters sponsored by the Office of War Information |
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Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort, Raymond Wilcox |
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WPA poster, urging Americans to become better-informed citizens |
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