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A Poster Comes to Life

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

“Meet an American soldier of production. … His uniform is a pair of overalls and a welder’s mask. Not reveille, but a battered alarm clock awakens him six days a week at 6 a.m. There are no service stripes on those welder’s sleeves he wears but his part in the winning of this war is …

Smiling woman dressed in outdoor winter clothes holds a large, old-style camera

New Deal in the New Year: WPA Posters on Flickr

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

Keep Your Teeth Clean. Spare the Trees. Be Careful Near Machinery. Advice dispensed by posters created between 1936 and 1943 for the WPA continues to make good sense today. (WPA first stood for Works Progress Administration, and later Work Projects Administration.) If you are still shopping for New Year’s resolutions, maybe you can turn for …