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WPA Posters: First Houses Narrative, Charles Yale Harrison : Directed by Eugene Roder.
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Poster announcing presentation of film, "First Houses" showing roll of film and landscape with trees. Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 227

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WPA Posters: Follow The Parade [at The] Amphitheatre Exposition Grounds a Musical Revue As Modern As Tomorrow.
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Follow the Parade" at the Amphitheatre Exposition Grounds, showing a man blowing a horn from which hangs a banner with the title of the play.

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WPA Posters: For Greater Knowledge on More Subjects Use Your Library More Often
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Poster showing a mortarboard and a pair of glasses superimposed over a globe, promoting use of libraries. Date stamped on verso: Jan 24 1941.

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WPA Posters: Foreign Trade Zone No. 1 Staten Island, City of New York, Opened February 1, 1937
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Poster for the City of New York Department of Docks, showing large ocean liner with the flags of many nations in background. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor - City of New York Department of Docks - John McKenzie, Commissioner. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 193

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WPA Posters: Forum in Cooperation With Forum Div., Board of Education, WPA : Admission Free
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Poster announcing public forum sponsored by the New York City Board of Education. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 309

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WPA Posters: Free Classes - Trade And Technical Day And Evening Classes Free to Any Person Over 17 Years Old : Register Now.
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Poster announcing free adult education classes sponsored by the Adult Education Project, W.P.A. and the Board of Education.

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WPA Posters: Free Classes in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture And Photography For Adults
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Poster for Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project announcing art classes for adults at the Contemporary Art Center, Y.M.H.A. Building, 92nd St. and Lexington Ave., Manhattan, New York. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939.

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WPA Posters: Free Classes in English! Learn to Speak, Read, & Write The Language of Your Children. [...] Special Classes For Educated Foreign Born.
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Poster announcing free English language classes; includes Yiddish text in Hebrew alphabet over Star of David. Sponsored by WPA Adult Education Program [and] the Board of Education, City of New York. Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Congress Exhibition Marking 350 Years of Jewish Life in America" at the Library of Congress, 2004.

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WPA Posters: Free Instruction For Children in Painting & Drawing
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Poster for Federal Art Project Art Teaching Division announcing art instruction for children. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 158

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WPA Posters: Free Instruction in Painting & Drawing Art Teaching Division of The Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.
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Poster announcing free art classes in painting and drawing, showing a stylized still life. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938.

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WPA Posters: Free Neighborhood Classes For Adults Enroll Now : Classes in Reading - Writing - Arithmetic - Also Art - Music - Psychology - Language - Social Studies.
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Poster from the Adult Education Program of the Chicago Board of Education announcing free education classes for adults, showing a man, wearing a suit, reading. Date stamped on verso: May 22 1937.

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WPA Posters: Free Summer Art Classes For Children Drawing And Painting, Metal Craft - Sculpture, Pottery - Lithography : Queensboro Community Art Center.
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Poster announcing free art classes for children at the Queensboro Community Art Center, 136-76 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing, New York, showing children painting and making pottery. Date stamped on verso: Apr 9 1938.

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WPA Posters: Freedom of Expression, of Religion, From Want, From Fear Everywhere in The World
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Poster promoting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four freedoms, showing a globe, two books, and the hand and torch from the Statue of Liberty. Exhibited in: American Responses to Nazi Book Burning, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., 2003.

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