"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
- Date
- 1936
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Federal Theatre Project (Work Projects Administration), Los Angeles
Full record
Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Labor
- Event
- New Deal
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, retrieved October 10, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. federal WPA work); LoC: no known restrictions on publication
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LCCN 98517780. "Triple A Plowed Under" (Federal Theatre Project, Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, 1936)
Text on the object
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.
