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Richard Halls - WPA Federal Theatre presents ‘It can’t happen here’

WPA Federal Theatre presents ‘It can’t happen here’ (1936)

Richard Halls (American, 1906 - )
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This work was commissioned by the United States federal government as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program. It is not subject to copyright protection.

Born 1906, New Orleans, Louisiana, spent his early years traveling through the U.S. and Europe with his father, a sculptor whose commissions included many public monuments. While working for FAP, he created posters for the Federal Theatre Project. From 1952 to 1976 Halls taught advertising art and design on the faculty of the State University if New York at Farmingdale. He received his B.A. from Adelphi University in 1961.

In Collection: Works Progress Administration (WPA) Posters (View all 81)

Cavalcade of the American negro

Cavalcade of the American negro (1940)

Cleo Sara (American, 20th Century)
WPA poster design showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat

WPA poster design showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat (1936-1941)

Anonymous
Ready to serve – trained, efficient workers

Ready to serve – trained, efficient workers (1939)

Cleo Sara (American, 20th Century)
Books are weapons

Books are weapons (1941-1943)

Anonymous
Work pays America! Prosperity

Work pays America! Prosperity (1936-1941)

Vera Bock (American, 1905 - 1973)
Be clean in everything that concerns your baby

Be clean in everything that concerns your baby (1936-1939)

Erik Hans Krause (American, 1899-1990)
This breaks the back of a book!

This breaks the back of a book! (1936)

Arlington Gregg (American, 1909 - 1964)
From an Indian painting on elkskin, Great Plains

From an Indian painting on elkskin, Great Plains (1939)

Louis Siegriest (American, 1899 -1989)
Fight tuberculosis – obey the rules of health

Fight tuberculosis – obey the rules of health (1936-1941)

Anonymous
Federal Theatre presents ‘… one-third of a nation’

Federal Theatre presents ‘… one-third of a nation’ (1936-1939)

Irving Spellens (American, 20th Century)
A young man’s opportunity for work, play, study & health

A young man’s opportunity for work, play, study & health (1941)

Albert M. Bender (American, 20th Century)
Keeping up with science

Keeping up with science (1936-1939)

Shari Weisberg (American, 20th Century)
Protect her from tuberculosis

Protect her from tuberculosis (1936-1938)

Erik Hans Krause (American, 1899-1990)
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (1936)

Isadore Posoff (American, 20th Century)
Federal Theatre presents ‘Big blow’

Federal Theatre presents ‘Big blow’ (1936-1939)

Richard Halls (American, 1906 - )
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