It’s been ninety years since the crisis of the Great Depression inspired the New Deal’s government investment and aid. But it’s not just history. The country is again facing a choice: What do we owe our neighbors? What does our country owe us?
The art and objects funded by New Deal programs show us how workers shaped the country in the 1930s. The posters and prints are beautiful, but they are also an argument about our national values, then as now. Highlights on view include innovative prints from celebrated American artist Dox Thrash, iconic graphic design from the WPA Poster Workshop, and ephemera from the Federal Theatre Project’s influential Black theatre artists.
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
Free Library of Philadelphia
1901 Vine Street, Third Floor
Philadelphia PA
39.9595647, -75.1710445
For the Greatest Number: The New Deal Revisited
