For #JANUARY 1939
The Federal Art Project Calendar
🧵👇
Color screen print by #HarryHerzog
Layout & design by #RichardFloethe
1938
‘In 1938 Audrey McMahon, head of the #WPA's New York City #FederalArtProject, suggested its Poster Division design and print a calendar for ➡️

#OTD in 1937
‘The United States' first foreign trade zone, Staten Island, city of New York, opened February 1, 1937.’ Color silkscreen. Harry Herzog. NYC, #WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject [1937]
#TheNewDeal #WPA #GraphicDesign #HarryHerzog #internationaltrade

image from https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/50103 words quoted from http://archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/useful_arts3.html

For #JANUARY 1939
The Federal Art Project Calendar
🧵👇
Color screen print by #HarryHerzog
Layout & design by #RichardFloethe
1938
‘In 1938 Audrey McMahon, head of the #WPA's New York City #FederalArtProject, suggested its Poster Division design and print a calendar for ➡️