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WPA Posters: Bullseye! For Binoculars Loan Your 6 X 30 Or 7 X 50 Zeiss Or Bausch & Lomb Binoculars to Your Navy ....
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Poster features bullseye image and instructions for loaning binoculars to the U.S. Navy.

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WPA Posters: C.E. Reynolds "Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum"
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Mystery of Broadwalk Asylum" at the Hollywood Playhouse, Vine at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

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WPA Posters: Caesar And Cleopatra, by G.B. Shaw ... Hollywood Playhouse
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Caesar and Cleopatra" at the Hollywood Playhouse, showing columns and trees.

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WPA Posters: Camp Counselor Training Course, Washington University
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Poster announcing availability of college course for camp counselor training at Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, showing animal skin stretched on a rack and tents. Date stamped on verso: Jan 29 1941.

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WPA Posters: Can You Stop? - Speed And Stopping Distance - Iowa State Safety Council
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Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake, and stop a vehicle. Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1940.

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WPA Posters: Cancer Kills in The Prime of Life 95 Percent of Cases of Cancer Are in Those Over 35.
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Poster providing information about cancer, showing male and female heads and a crab. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. U.S. Public Health Service in cooperation with the American Society for Control of Cancer.

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WPA Posters: Careless Talk Costs Lives
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Poster suggesting careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing lips with tape over them. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43.

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WPA Posters: Carmen Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach.
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Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Carmen" at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, Calif., showing a woman dancing. Sponsored by Arthur L. Peterson Post No. 47 American Legion [and] Works Progress Administration, Federal Music Project.

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WPA Posters: Carmen Presented by Cuyahoga County Opera Association And The Federal Music Project : Ballet Directed by Madame Bianca.
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Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Carmen," showing a matador. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1939.

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WPA Posters: Cavalcade of The American Negro The Story of The Negro's Progress During 75 Years, Compiled by The Illinois Writers Project
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Poster for a book about African American history, showing a man holding broken chain and lamp. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 258

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WPA Posters: Cavalry Guild Presbyterian Church Presents Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore"
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Poster for presentation of "H.M.S. Pinafore" at the Hamilton High School auditorium, showing a sailor. Date stamped on verso: May 18 1939. Cincinnati Federal Light Opera Group, WPA in Ohio.

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WPA Posters: Ceiling Zero 3 Act Play by Frank Wead : Sponsored by The Junior Chamber of Commerce For The East St. Louis Community Art Center Fund
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Poster for presentation of "Ceiling Zero" at the high school auditorium, showing two planes flying in close formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 22 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 111

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WPA Posters: Cellar Ceilings Must Be Fire-Retarded Keep Cellars Clean
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Poster promoting use of fire retardant materials in home construction, showing a couple trapped in burning house. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor - Langdon W. Post, Comm.

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WPA Posters: Censored Let's Censor Our Conversation About The War.
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Poster suggesting careless communication may be harmful to the war effort, showing a letter from a soldier stamped "examined by 42." Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43.

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WPA Posters: Certain People of Importance
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Poster showing head with laurel wreath. Date stamped on verso: Sep 7 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 186

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WPA Posters: Chalk Dust 2nd Week by Popular Demand.
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Chalk Dust" at the Emery, Walnut and Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, showing a red dot.

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WPA Posters: Chalk Dust Modern, Youthful, Comedy, Drama.
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Chalk Dust" at the Hollywood Playhouse, showing a girl writing on a chalkboard.

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