April 17, 2024
VERY RARE Collection of WPA Alabama Shakespeare Hand Carved Boxed Figures
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This set is a rare one of a kind set commissioned to be done by the University of Alabama in the early 1900's, around 1920-1930. This awesome item was an estate barn find out of Selma, Al. I am not an expert on this item and really don't know who could be since they are one of a kind. The only information I was able to find is below. They are all hand carved wood then hand painted and in their original box. This is one of those pieces that are a once in a lifetime chance to purchase, this is 1 of only 3 different sets made and the only one of these particular figures. One of these sets are on exhibit at the W.S. HOOLE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY . Exhibit Mashup No. 1: Great Expectations: Dickens meets Goetzel meets the WPA. A collection of Dickens characters figurines used as teaching tools in the 1930s on, these figurines were created as part of the WPA-funded project, the Alabama Visual Education Program. The Alabama Visual Education Project came out of cooperation between The State Department of Education and the Visual Education Project of the Work Projects Administration. It provided a way for public schools in Alabama to purchase high quality visual aids for education purposes at a low cost. Some of these items are now housed in the Hoole Special Collections Library, including a catalog from 1940 listing items which were
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