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Vintage Travel & National Park Posters
See America WPA Poster, 1936
Frank S. Nicholson — WPA Federal Art Project, New York, for the United States Travel Bureau
From the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WPA Poster Collection · 1936
$49Charged in USD at checkout; local currency shown for reference.
Source scan:LOC (Prints & Photographs, WPA Poster Collection). Rights statement of the archive: “No known restrictions on publication. Work Projects Administration poster — a work of the United States federal government, in the public domain.” Original poster: Frank S. Nicholson, WPA Federal Art Project, 1936, 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color ; sheet 71.3 x 56 cm. Verified 2026-09-13.
This product is a new archival print made from a restored scan of that poster. It is not an original antique and is not sold as one.
The story of this poster
This is the best-known sheet of the United States Travel Bureau’s “See America” series and the one the Library of Congress scanned largest: a 28-inch original, captured at 400 dpi, which is why it can be printed to 24×30 inches without breaking our resolution rule — unusual for a poster.
Frank S. Nicholson drew a rider on horseback passing under a natural rock arch, the kind found in the canyon country of Utah and Arizona, in a palette of purple, mauve and ochre with a pale sky. The scale is the point: the horse is tiny, the arch fills the sheet, and the two words along the bottom do the rest. It was silkscreened by the WPA Federal Art Project in New York in 1936.
The archive copy carries edge wear and a few creases, kept, and the purple inks have been rebalanced without brightening. Restored from the Library’s master, not redrawn.
Printed to order on archival matte paper or canvas, framed in the country of delivery, and offered only at sizes that fit the sheet.
Before and after
Left: the archive scan exactly as published. Right: the file that goes to the printer.
Restoration notes
Restoration: trimmed the mount board and scanner margins, balanced levels while keeping the silkscreen's flat inks and paper tone (90% of the original colour retained), removed dust and specks, and applied gentle sharpening. Creases, edge wear and registration slips of the original screen printing are kept where they belong to the object; nothing is redrawn.
Every print carries its archive credit on the packing slip. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn.
Pairs well with
Hang them together — 10% off the second framed print
Informational purposes only, no warranties, not professional advice. All products are new archival prints made from restored scans of historical maps held by public archives; they are not original antiques. Colours vary by screen and by paper.
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