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Submitted by Dave on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 4:36pm.
A silkscreen WPA Art Project poster for the Illinois State Library Project circa 1940. View full size. Available as a Juniper Gallery fine-art print.
Ditto...
Submitted by sleepykisser on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 7:16pm.
I wonder what band t-shirt he's wearing...
Heeheehee... emo...
Submitted by Curvilinear on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 7:54am.
I was just about to say the same thing--the kid looks very contemporary, considering the image is over 65 years old.
I didn't know there were EMO
Submitted by Varooka on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 6:22pm.
I didn't know there were EMO kids in the 40s ..
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