Our Favorite WPA Tourism Posters From The 1930s

When Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the New Deal policies in 1933, he created a plethora of jobs and niches for workers to fill. The artwork that came from the Works Progress Administration Art Project survives as some of the most recognizable artwork produced in the 1930s in America. Here are some of our favorite WPA posters depicting national parks and various landmarks.

Every configuration of promotion was used in these campaigns. The Department of the Interior sometimes gave very specific information in their posters, such as the one below, which gives the best times of the year to visit. Highly unique in wording, the Works Progress Administration artwork maintained a few specific visual styles, but did not always have the same promotion message.

Via/ Library of Congress
Via/ Library of
Congress

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