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WPA Posters: See America
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Poster for the United States Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing two cowboys on horseback by stream near desert rock formation. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 133

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WPA Posters: See America
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Poster for the United States Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing two people in caverns. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 136

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WPA Posters: See America Visit The National Parks.
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Poster for United States Travel Bureau promoting travel to national parks, showing a waterfall. Date stamped on verso: Jul 22 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 137

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WPA Posters: See America Welcome to Montana
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Poster for the U.S. Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing cluster of tipis with mountains in the background. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 134

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WPA Posters: See America Welcome to Montana
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Poster for United States Travel Bureau promoting travel to Montana, showing mountain scene with horse and rider. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 135

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Poster for United States Travel Bureau promoting travel to Montana, showing Indian encampment next to lake. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 132

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WPA Posters: See How WPA Welfare Services Protect Americans Exhibition National Museum
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Poster for exhibition of WPA welfare services; text in red, white and blue. Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1941.

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WPA Posters: Send Your Magazine Subscriptions to New Trier Help Support The Scholarship Fund.
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Poster for a fundraising drive by the New Trier girls' club, showing a clock tower. Date stamped on verso: Mar 25 1941.

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WPA Posters: Senior Amateur Music Contest on The Mall, Central Park : Sept. 29 - 1936 8:15 P.M.
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WPA Posters: Senior Amateur Music Contest on The Mall, Central Park : Sept. 29 - 1936 8:15 P.M.
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Poster announcing musical contest in Central Park, showing tuba and musical notation. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Poster designed by H. Das.

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WPA Posters: Senior Amateur Musical Contest on The Mall, Central Park
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Poster announcing amateur musical contest in Central Park, New York City, showing stylized man playing a banjo.

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Poster announcing musical contest in Central Park, showing man playing a guitar and harmonica. Date stamped on verso: Oct 20 1936.

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WPA Posters: September. Back to Work--Back to School, Back to Books
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Poster for WPA Statewide Library Project, showing a boy holding a book in his raised hand. Date stamped on verso: Aug 30 1940.

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WPA Posters: Service on The Home Front There's a Job For Every Pennsylvanian in These Civilian Defense Efforts.
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WPA Posters: Service on The Home Front There's a Job For Every Pennsylvanian in These Civilian Defense Efforts.
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Poster encouraging participation in civil defense efforts, showing family prepared for work. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Caption continues with list of civilian defense opportunities: Citizens Defense Corps, Citizens Service Corps, American Unity, Salvage Program, Victory Gardens. Hand-written in pencil on recto: Artist: Louis Hirshman and William Tasker.

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WPA Posters: Sewing
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Poster promoting occupations related to sewing, such as power machine operator, alteration worker, dress designer, hand finisher, basting trimmer, packer, swatcher, showing a swatch of cloth with needle and thread. Date stamped on verso: Jun 20 1937.

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WPA Posters: Shall The Artist Survive?
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Poster announcing forum at the Daly Theatre, 22 West 63 St., featuring speakers Holger Cahill, Dr. Erwin Edman, Elinore M. Herrick, J.B. Neumann, and Dr. Wm. Nunn, chairman.

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WPA Posters: Shame May Be Fatal If You Fear You Have Contracted a Disease Don't Let False Shame Destroy Health & Happiness : Consult a Reputable Physician.
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WPA Posters: Shame May Be Fatal If You Fear You Have Contracted a Disease Don't Let False Shame Destroy Health & Happiness : Consult a Reputable Physician.
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Poster encouraging persons with syphilis to seek proper treatment as soon as possible. Date stamped on verso: Dec 1 1937. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 217

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WPA Posters: Sherwood Eddy, Author And Lecturer, Will Discuss "America And The World Crisis" 8th Year of Des Moines Public Forum
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WPA Posters: Sherwood Eddy, Author And Lecturer, Will Discuss "America And The World Crisis" 8th Year of Des Moines Public Forum
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Poster announcing a public forum to be held at North High, Des Moines, Iowa, at which Sherwood Eddy will discuss "America and the world crisis." Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1940.

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WPA Posters: Sioux City Civic Chorus of The Department of Public Recreation Presents Handel's "Messiah"
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WPA Posters: Sioux City Civic Chorus of The Department of Public Recreation Presents Handel's "Messiah"
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Poster announcing presentation of Handel's "Messiah" by the Sioux City Civic Chorus at the Central High School auditorium, Sioux City, Iowa. Date stamped on verso: Jan 22 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 247

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