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Title
Federal Theatre presents "Big White Fog" A negro drama by Theodore Ward, staged by Kay Ewing.
Related Names
Ward, Theodore, 1902-1983.
Date Created/Published
1938 [Fairfax, Virginia : George Mason University, facsimile created between 1990 and 1997]
Medium
1 print (poster) : silkscreen.
Summary
Facsimile of poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Big White Fog", sponsored by International House Theatre, 1414 E. 59th St. Fairfax 8200, showing a man trapped in a fog that extends from a hut in Africa to a big city.
Reproduction Number
LC-USZC2-5590 (color film copy slide)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on publication.
Call Number
POS - WPA - NY .01 .B549, no. 1 (B size) [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Notes
Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects
African Americans--1930-1940.
Theatrical productions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950.
Fog--1930-1940.
Format
Facsimiles--1900-2000.
Screen prints--1990-2000.
Theatrical posters--1930-1940--Reproductions--1990-2000.
Collections
Posters: WPA Posters

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14:20, 22 July 2010Thumbnail for version as of 14:20, 22 July 20102,519 × 3,730 (337 KB)Trialsanderrors (talk | contribs);Title: Federal Theatre presents "Big White Fog" A negro drama by Theodore Ward, staged by Kay Ewing. ;Related Names: Ward, Theodore, 1902-1983. ;Date Created/Published: <u>1938</u> [Fairfax, Virginia : George Mason University, facsimile created between 1