"Boom Town ballyhoo" - sponsored by the A&R Department - at the Post Gym Glee club, singers, instrumentalists, comedy sketches : selected from the "Boom Town subdivision" of the A&R Dept

Unknown artist · [1941]

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Palette

Mulberry
39% of the image
Red · text contrast 9.9:1

Sand
19% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.3:1

Sienna
15% of the image
Orange · text contrast 5.1:1

Amber
14% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.6:1

Brick
7% of the image
Red · text contrast 7.7:1

Dusty rose
5% of the image
Pink · text contrast 4.7:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: [1941]
Type: Print
Medium: 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color.
Place: New York
Period: 20th century
Main colour: Red · lightness 45, colourfulness 40

Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Library record. Public domain. United States: US federal government work (17 U.S.C. 105): item.contributor_names: "Federal Art Project, sponsor". Not applicable: a US government work. Last checked 2026-10-31 (rights statement says no known restrictions: yes). Image: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division; no known restrictions on publication. Licence rules

"Boom Town ballyhoo" - sponsored by the A&R Department - at the Post Gym Glee club, singers, instrumentalists, comedy sketches : selected from the "Boom Town subdivision" of the A&R Dept

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