Vintage Skiing in the East WPA Poster Coaster

Poster for WPA Federal Writers' Project, 110 King Street, New York City, "American Guide Series" guide to winter sports in the East (from Pennsylvania to Maine), showing a man skiing. The Federal Art Project was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. Funded under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, it operated from August 29, 1935, until June 30, 1943.The Federal Art Project's primary goals were to employ out-of-work artists and to provide art for non-federal municipal buildings and public spaces. Artists were paid $23.60 a week; tax-supported institutions such as schools, hospitals and public buildings paid only for materials.