*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series, Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
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#BereniceAbbott #LowerManhattan #FinancialDistrict #RadioRow #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography

#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #Midtown #StBartholomews #WaldorfAstoria #GeneralElectricBuilding #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #urbanphotography #architecture #blackandwhitephotography
#ParkAvenue #photographers

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), #FederalArtProject. April 2, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. April 2, 1936.
👉ALT
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Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar1.html

Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar3.html

Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar2.html

production as a “waste of taxpayers' money"’ - though the accompanying message of greetings stated: ‘The other than labor costs of making the calendar are being privately defrayed.’
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#AmericanArt #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #RichardHalls #WPA #FederalArtProject

image from https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/50108 13.4.23 Text quoted from http://archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/useful_arts3.html

For #APRIL 1939
The Federal Art Project Calendar
🧵👇
Color screen print:
Richard Halls (1906-1976)
Layout & design:
#RichardFloethe (1901-1988) 1938
‘In 1938 Audrey McMahon, head of the #WPA's New York City #FederalArtProject, suggested its Poster Division design and print a ➡️

‘There are Jobs for You if trained. Complete free course in household training (three months course). You learn meal planning -cooking – table service – laundry – cleaning and child care’ #WPA, #FederalArtProject poster.
#jobtraining #graphicdesign

‘Training center for household employees - Household Service Demonstration Project, W.P.A. / Cleo’ #Silkscreen #poster by Sara Cleo. #WPA, #FederalArtProject, [1939] Chicago.
#SaraCleo #graphicdesign #jobtraining

‘Ready to serve - trained, efficient workers - Household Service Demonstration Project, W.P.A. / Cleo’
Silkscreen poster by Sara Cleo. #WPA, #FederalArtProject, [1939] Chicago.
#SaraCleo #graphicdesign #jobtraining

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), #FederalArtProject. March 26, 1938.
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3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Visit the Brookfield Zoo’
‘Free Thursday Saturday Sunday’
Color silkscreen. Federal Art Project [Illinois], [1936]
#wildlife #biodiversity #zoos #Chicago #BrookfieldZoo #polarbear #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project
March 26, 1936
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project
March 26, 1936
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project
March 26, 1936
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 26, 1936.
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#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #Bowery #El #ElevatedRailroad

#OTD in 1938
The Half Moon. Photographic Division #FederalArtProject W.P.A., documenting the work of ‘Scenic Designers & Model Makers’, #WPA Federal Art Project, Stage Sets & Dioramas Division
23 March 1938
#blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal #museology #HenryHudson

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Visit the Brookfield Zoo’
‘Free Thursday Saturday Sunday’ Color silkscreen. Federal Art Project [Illinois], [1936]
#wildlife #biodiversity #zoos #Chicago #BrookfieldZoo #polarbear #WPA #FederalArtProject

#OTD in 1938
Diorama model with painted background. Photographic Division #FederalArtProject W.P.A., documenting the work of ‘Scenic Designers & Model Makers’, #WPA Federal Art Project, Stage Sets & Dioramas Division
20 March 1938
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#blackandwhitephotography #museology

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
#Pneumonia Strikes Like a Man Eating Shark Led by Its Pilot Fish the Common Cold
Consult your physician
Town of Hempstead - W.H. Runcie, MD. Health Officer - #FederalArtProject
#WPA artist 'G S Jr' Ca. 1937
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#wildlife #marinelife #sharks

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. Mar. 20, 1936
#Manhattan #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #MadisonSquare #MetropolitanLifeBuilding #WilliamHenrySeward

‘NRA Code Retail Trade’
#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #UnionSquare #ConsolidatedEdison #ConEdBuilding #TheNewDeal #NRA #NationalRecoveryAdministration

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 20, 1936
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 20, 1936.
#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #GreenwichVillage

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 20, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 20, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 20, 1936.
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 20, 1936.
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#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #GreenwichVillage