http://www.metafilter.com/tags/worksprogressadministration Posts tagged with 'worksprogressadministration' at MetaFilter. Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:28:05 -0800 Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:28:05 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/13454/ <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html">By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA.</a> From the website at the Library of Congress, the posters <em>consist of 908 boldly colored and graphically diverse original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection of more than 900 is the largest. These striking silkscreen, lithograph, and woodcut posters were designed to publicize health and safety programs; cultural programs including art exhibitions, theatrical, and musical performances; travel and tourism; educational programs; and community activities in seventeen states and the District of Columbia.</em> For examples, see a poster on the health dangers of <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?wpapos:10:./temp/~ammem_Leuu::">Syphilis</a> and one for the play <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?wpapos:17:./temp/~ammem_eEMh::">Alison's House: A Poetic Romance</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.13454 Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:28:05 -0800 administration america archives art libraryofcongress posters progress roosevelt US works worksprogressadministration WPA moz