Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Catalog Number |
1998.45.12 |
Creator |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Date |
1935-1939 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-11 W-8.5 inches |
Description |
This is Plate 5 of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow silk screened illustration series done as an educational aid by the Kentucky WPA. It features an illustration of Myheer Van Tassel. |
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 |
Literature Prints |
Search Terms |
Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, WPA |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |