Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar1.html

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

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attacking its production as a waste of taxpayers' money’ - though the message of greetings accompanying the calendar stated that ‘The other than labor costs of making the calendar are being privately defrayed.’
#TheNewDeal #AmericanArt #JeromeHenryRothstein #graphicdesign

image from https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/50105 words quoted from http://archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/useful_arts3.html

For #DECEMBER 1939
The Federal Art Project Calendar
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Color screen print:
#JeromeHenryRothstein (1916-2008)
Layout & design:
#RichardFloethe (1901-1988) 1938
‘In 1938 Audrey McMahon, head of the #WPA's New York City #FederalArtProject, suggested its Poster Division design & ➡️