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WPA Posters: Better Housing The Solution to Infant Mortality in The Slums
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Poster promoting better housing as a solution for high rates of infant mortality in the slums, showing a blueprint of new housing next to existing tenement buildings over which stands the figure of Death. Date stamped on verso: Dec 18 1936. New York City Housing Authority - Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor - Langdon W. Post, Comm.

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WPA Posters: Beware The Cancer Quack a Reputable Physician Does Not Promise a Cure, Demand Advance Payment, Advertise
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Poster warning cancer patients to be wary of persons claiming to be physicians and promising to cure cancer. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. U.S. Public Health Service in cooperation with the American Society for the Control of Cancer. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 208

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WPA Posters: Big Tent Theatre - Now Playing - Abraham Lincoln, The Great Commoner
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln. Attributed to Carken.

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WPA Posters: Bird of Paradise by Richard Walton Tully
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Bird of Paradise" at the Belasco Theatre, showing a woman wearing a bikini top and skirt, standing next to a palm tree.

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WPA Posters: Birds of The World An Illustrated Natural History in Popular Style With 100 Candid Photos : a New York City, W.P.A. Federal Writers' Project Book : American Guide Series.
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Poster advertising WPA Federal Writers' Project illustrated guide to natural history of birds of the world. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Attributed to Sidney Jacobson. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 257

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WPA Posters: Blackout Means Black
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Poster reminding citizens of complete blackouts as a civil defense procedure. Issued by the Oakland Defense Council. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 271

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WPA Posters: Books Are Weapons Read About... "The Negro in National Defense," "Africa And The War," [and] "Negro History And Culture" at The Schomburg Collection of The New York Public Library
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Poster encouraging citizens to use the resources at the Schomburg Collection of the New York Public Library to learn more about African and African American history and culture. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 272 Exhibited in: American Responses to Nazi Book Burning, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., 2003.

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WPA Posters: Boom Town Ballyhoo - Sponsored by The A&R Department - at The Post Gym Glee Club, Singers, Instrumentalists, Comedy Sketches : Selected From The "Boom Town Subdivision" of The A&R Dept.
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Poster for New York State A&R Dept. presentation of a Boom Town ballyhoo at the Post Gym, featuring a variety of acts, showing singers on a stage. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941.

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WPA Posters: Boys - Are You Interested in a Job? Find Out What An Occupation Has to Offer You in Pay, Employment, Security, And Promotion : Free Classes in Occupations.
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Poster for Illinois branch of the National Youth Administration promoting educational opportunities for young men seeking training for employment. Illinois National Youth Administration - Wm. J. Campbell, state director.

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WPA Posters: Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, Conductor
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Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of the Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra at Wilton Town Hall, showing black bears dancing on musical notes. Sponsored by the Wilton PTA.

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WPA Posters: Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, Conductor
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Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of the Bridgport Symphony Orchestra at Pleasure Beach Park, Bridgeport, Conn., showing man in medieval costume blowing a horn.

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WPA Posters: Brookfield Zoo
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Poster showing a black leopard. Designed by Carken. Promotional goal: U.S. K5. 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 169

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WPA Posters: Brookfield Zoo--By The "L"
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Poster showing a panda bear hugging a tree. Date stamped on verso: Jun 15 1938. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 166

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WPA Posters: Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's Lake Front, World's Largest And Most Beautiful Illuminated Fountain ...
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Poster showing fountain and Chicago skyline. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 163

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WPA Posters: Building Trades
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Poster announcing training opportunities in the building trades, such as architectural draftsman, bench hand, furniture maker, carpenter, piano factory worker, upholsterer contractor, blue-print maker, and woodwork machine operator. Date stamped on verso: Apr 17 1937.

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