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title: '"Triple A Plowed Under" (Federal Theatre Project, Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, 1936)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/triple-a-plowed-under-federal-theatre-1936/
description: A man with a horse-drawn plow fills the poster in dark brown on tan, above the title and the opening 'Sat. Aug.
section: Collection
---

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# "Triple A Plowed Under" (Federal Theatre Project, Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, 1936)

A man with a horse-drawn plow fills the poster in dark brown on tan, above the title and the opening 'Sat. Aug. 1st' at the Mayan Theatre with prices and the line 'Federal stage shows - Even if W.P.A.'. The tell: a government-funded stage show about farm policy is advertised in the plain look of a farm.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MAYAN THEATRE
Hill at 11th
OPENS SAT. AUG. 1ST
"TRIPLE A
PLOWED
UNDER"
NITES 8:30 25¢ 55¢ and 85¢ TAX INCLUDED
MATINEE SATURDAY 2:30 25¢ 55¢ TAX INCLUDED
FEDERAL STAGE SHOWS - EVEN IF W.P.A.
```

Read from the 1024 px image; the tax and price lines are small and read as printed.

[← Faded wall slogan 'Molti nemici molto onore' signed Mussolini, Ortygia (Syracuse)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/molti-nemici-molto-onore-siracusa-wall-slogan/) [Treballadors U.G.T.: ha estat creat l'exèrcit del poble! (Catalan UGT poster, 1936) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ugt-treballadors-exercit-del-poble-poster-1936/)

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