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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Fire Department No. 1 : Fire Department Founded by Petrus Stuyvesant.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing Peter Stuyvesant directing bucket brigade to put out building fire in 1656. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 177

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Fire Department No. 2 : a Fire Engine Was Used For The First Time.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing bucket brigade and fire engine fighting a building fire in 1731. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 178

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Fire Department No. 3 : a Steam Engine Was Used For The First Time.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing a horse-drawn steam fire engine racing to the scene of a building fire in 1841. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 179

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Fire Department No. 4 : Up-To-Date Machinery, Efficiency, Speed.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing fire fighters with ladder truck fighting building fire in 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 180

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Police No. 1 : The Rattle Watch.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing citizens patrolling the town, a person hanging from the waist from a gallows, and a person in the stocks, in 1658; the fortified "Stadt Huys" is in the background. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 181

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Water Supply No. 1 : The First Public Well Was Dug Opposite The Fort.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing water being drawn from a well outside a fort in "New Amsterdam" in 1658. Date stamped on verso: Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 277

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Water Supply No. 2 : The Tea Water Pump Garden.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing citizens socializing around water pump in New York in 1750. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 278

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WPA Posters: History of Civic Services in The City of New York Water Supply No. 4 : An Average of 930,000,000 Gallons is Consumed Daily.
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Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing ways water is consumed in New York City in 1936. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 279

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WPA Posters: Hollywood Playhouse Now "Two a Day" a Cavalcade of Vaudeville : Ride The Big Red Cars.
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Poster banner for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Two a Day" at the Hollywood Playhouse.

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WPA Posters: Hollywood Playhouse [presents] "Will Shakespeare" by Clemence Dane His Life And Loves.
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Will Shakespeare" at the Hollywood Playhouse, Vine at Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., showing portion of a building, possibly the Globe Theatre.

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WPA Posters: Home Safety is Front Line Defense Conserve - Protect
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Poster promoting safety at home as civil defense measure. Poster design by John Wagner. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 266

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WPA Posters: Home Safety is Home Defense Men: to Learn Proper Fire Control Join The Fire Department Auxiliary Corps at The Nearest Fire House
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Poster for New York City Fire Department encouraging men to join the fire department auxiliary corps, showing a hand holding a fire hose putting out a fire. Hon. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor City of New York - Patrick Walsh, Fire Commissioner and Chief of Department. Job #198-C. Caption on verso: "10,000 posters made for the New York City Fire Department for a campaign to solicit volunteers for the Fire Department Auxiliary Corps."

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WPA Posters: Hoyt's "A Texas Steer" a Rip Roaring Comedy of Political Life.
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of Hoyt's "A Texas Steer" at the Mason Theatre, showing a cowboy hat on the dome of the Capitol.

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WPA Posters: Hull-House Community Workshop Register Now : Free Classes in Painting, Sculpture, Pottery, Weaving, Poster Art
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Poster for arts classes at Hull House, showing a budding plant, a sculpture of a bird, and an artist's palette.

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WPA Posters: Human Interest Photography Exhibit, Ottumwa Art Center
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Poster for photography exhibition showing a profile of a face and the same image inverted, as through a camera lense. Date stamped on verso: Feb 17 1941. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 71

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WPA Posters: Humperdinck's "Hansel And Gretel"
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Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Hansel and Gretel" at the W.P.A. Theatre, showing a tree stump and a cottage in the woods.

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WPA Posters: Hundreds Are Receiving Free Instruction Drawing, Painting, Weaving, Lithography, Sculpture, Etching, Metal Craft, Photography, Costume Illustration [at] Harlem Community Art Center.
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Poster for Federal Art Project sponsored art classes at the Harlem Community Center, 290 Lenox Ave, New York City. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938.

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