The Work Projects Administration (WPA) created a number of iconic images designed to promote the arts, public welfare, and patriotism.  This particular one, promoting library use, was created in 1940. The Library of Congress has a great Flickr page of Library propaganda here.

The Work Projects Administration (WPA) created a number of iconic images designed to promote the arts, public welfare, and patriotism.  This particular one, promoting library use, was created in 1940. The Library of Congress has a great Flickr page of Library propaganda here.