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Raymond Steth's Southern Barbecue WPA art print, 1935

A 1935 print from W.P.A. artist and print-maker Raymond Steth, titled "Southern Barbecue." The print depicts a group of six African-Americans encircling a whole pig as it slowcooks over an open fire pit at night. Several of the figures are tending to the pig, while others watch the fire. A...

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Collection:Works Projects Administration posters collection (#V99)
Date:1935
Box Number:Box 3
Folder Number:Folder 12
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
United States. Works Progress Administration
Barbecuing
Cooking, American > Southern style
Art Print
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13424
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title Raymond Steth's Southern Barbecue WPA art print, 1935
spellingShingle Raymond Steth's Southern Barbecue WPA art print, 1935
Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
United States. Works Progress Administration
Barbecuing
Cooking, American--Southern style
title_sort Raymond Steth's Southern Barbecue WPA art print, 1935
title_txt_mv Raymond Steth's Southern Barbecue WPA art print, 1935
date_txt_mv 1935
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genre Art Print
description A 1935 print from W.P.A. artist and print-maker Raymond Steth, titled &quot;Southern Barbecue.&quot; The print depicts a group of six African-Americans encircling a whole pig as it slowcooks over an open fire pit at night. Several of the figures are tending to the pig, while others watch the fire. Also depicted around the fire are tools and cooking implements such as: an axe, a knife, bag of salt, large jugs, and a serving platter. An outline of a log cabin is visble in the shadowed background and the moon peaked out from its roof.<br /> <br /> The Federal Arts Project was a branch of the Works Progress Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt&#39;s massive work-relief effort. In its peak years, 1936 to 1938, the FAP employed 5,000 artists across the country, at a salary of $95 a month. They created murals, sculptures and paintings, taught community art classes to millions, and produced 2 million posters from 35,000 designs at a cost of about a dime each.<br /> <br /> This online record contains an image of one print (of 9) from folder 12 (labelled as &quot;Steth, Raymond - WPA artist&quot;).
subject_txt_mv LCSH: Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
LCSH: United States. Works Progress Administration
LCSH: Barbecuing
LCSH: Cooking, American--Southern style
topic Steth, Raymond, 1917-1997
United States. Works Progress Administration
Barbecuing
Cooking, American--Southern style
rights_statement_txt_mv Please contact Rights and Reproduction for more information.
collection Works Projects Administration posters collection
collection_number_str_mv V99
box_number_str Box 3
folder_number_str Folder 12
url https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13424
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