Description
The National Park Postcards are original works of art by Robert B. Decker. The postcards are created in the style of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), when the Federal Government – in the 1930s and 1940s – commissioned hundreds of artists to create thousands of poster designs for public exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, health, safety and educational programs, nature and travel. By the end of the WPA era, only 26 National Parks had been established and only 14 parks had posters created for them. Photographer and graphic artist, Rob Decker, studied photography with Ansel Adams in the summer of 1979 in Yosemite National Park when he was just 19, an experience that solidified his love of photography and our National Parks. Now he is on a journey to photograph and create iconic WPA-style posters of all 59 major national parks as we celebrate the next 100 years of the National Park Service. This is NOT a reproduction of a poster made during the WPA era. This is original artwork, created from original photography.. the 21st Century!!! Full-color. 4″ x6″ Original artwork. Badlands National Park Bandelier National Monument Blue Ridge Parkway Crater Lake National Park Cuyahoga Valley National Park Death Valley National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park Hot Springs National Park Kings Canyon National Park Mammoth Cave National Park Mount Rainier National Park Mount Rushmore National Memorial Olympic National Park Pinnacles National Park Rocky Mountain National Park (Longs Peak) Sequoia National Park Shenandoah National Park Wind Cave National Park Worth Protecting 100th Anniversary National Parks Typography Postcard