Description
Vintage Travel Poster
This image is a reproduction of a vintage travel poster created around 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project in Pennsylvania. The artwork depicts Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia and was produced to promote tourism to the state during the Great Depression era.
Poster Details
Project: Federal Art Project, a New Deal program that employed artists during the Depression to create public art and visual programs.
Location: The poster advertises Carpenters' Hall, a historic landmark in Philadelphia.
Purpose: The posters were mass-produced, often using the then-cutting-edge technique of silkscreen printing, to publicize community activities, exhibits, and tourism.
Artist: The original poster design is attributed to American artist, illustrator, and writer Katherine Milhous, who was a supervisor for the Philadelphia Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1940.
Carpenters' Hall History
Carpenters' Hall holds significant historical importance, most notably as the site of the First Continental Congress in 1774.
First Continental Congress: Delegates from 12 colonies met here from September 5 to October 26, 1774, to discuss colonial grievances and agree on a policy of resistance to the British.
Other Tenants: The building also housed Benjamin Franklin's Library Company of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society, and the first and second Banks of the United States at various times.
Preservation: The building is owned by the Carpenters' Company, the oldest surviving craft guild in the United States, and was the first privately owned building in the U.S. opened free to the public as a historic landmark in 1857.
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This image is a reproduction of a vintage travel poster created around 1935 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project in Pennsylvania. The artwork depicts Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia and was produced to promote tourism to the state during the Great Depression era.
Poster Details
Project: Federal Art Project, a New Deal program that employed artists during the Depression to create public art and visual programs.
Location: The poster advertises Carpenters' Hall, a historic landmark in Philadelphia.
Purpose: The posters were mass-produced, often using the then-cutting-edge technique of silkscreen printing, to publicize community activities, exhibits, and tourism.
Artist: The original poster design is attributed to American artist, illustrator, and writer Katherine Milhous, who was a supervisor for the Philadelphia Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1940.
Carpenters' Hall History
Carpenters' Hall holds significant historical importance, most notably as the site of the First Continental Congress in 1774.
First Continental Congress: Delegates from 12 colonies met here from September 5 to October 26, 1774, to discuss colonial grievances and agree on a policy of resistance to the British.
Other Tenants: The building also housed Benjamin Franklin's Library Company of Philadelphia, the American Philosophical Society, and the first and second Banks of the United States at various times.
Preservation: The building is owned by the Carpenters' Company, the oldest surviving craft guild in the United States, and was the first privately owned building in the U.S. opened free to the public as a historic landmark in 1857.
