Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Folio |
Title |
The American Flag |
Catalog Number |
1998.45.13 |
Creator |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Date |
1935-1939 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-9.625 W-6.5 inches |
Description |
This portfolio cover has a watercolor printed cover that reads "The American Flag" across the top in bold capitalized red letters. The center of the print feature a federal eagle with a ribbon below that reads "Fourth Regt. U.S. Infantry." The bottom of the print reads, "Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project / Works Progress Administration / CP-1." |
Notes |
The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932-1945) created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. In 1935, the Federal Art Project became part of the WPA, which resulted in jobs for hundreds of artists. In Kentucky, this manifested itself as the WPA State-Wide Museum Project, which produced plaster models of historic buildings and hand tinted silk-screened prints as "Aids to Visual Education." |
Collection |
Mary Rees Brooks Collection |
Event |
Great Depression |
People |
Brooks, Mary Rees Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Subjects |
Flags Prints |
Search Terms |
Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, WPA |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |