Title

It Can't Happen Here, Chicago, 1936. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

It Can't Happen Here, Chicago, 1936. 'Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here" - Now Playing - Blackstone Theatre...popular prices...A Federal Theatre Unit - WPA'. Play adapted from a dystopian political novel about the rise of a US dictator, by Sinclair Lewis. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A07_264

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44,9Mb (1,2Mb) / 10,5in x 16,5in / 3164 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

library event arts politics country play playhouse entertainment art theatre color design drama show political text location century Art Deco thirties concept poster performing arts lettering tyranny Library of Congress United States of America Colour playbill prophetic graphic design 1930s WPA 20th century Fascism American America USA cultural event New Deal poster dictatorship united states Unknown Lewis Sinclair stage show Jack Congressional Library Heritage Art dystopian Work Projects Administration Works Progress Administration Federal Theatre Project Works Progress Administration Administration Works Progress Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair John C. Moffitt Moffitt Jack Moffitt John C. WPA