Fields are being robbed of fertility by misuse. Resettlement Administration is putting land back for its proper use

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Artist/Maker	Jansen, R.H. (designer)
Place of origin	United States (made)

Under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Resettlement Administration (RA) was established in 1935. Conceived by Professor R. Tugwell, the RA was designed to assist American families decimated by the worst effects of the Great Depression.

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Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Fields are being robbed of fertility by misuse. Resettlement Administration is putting land back for its proper use (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Chromolithograph Paper Ink
Brief description	American poster. "Fields are being robbed of fertility by misuse. Re-settlement Administration is putting land back for its proper use" by R.H. Jansen.
Physical description	ravaged hillside landscape with small grey shack
Dimensions	Height: 63.4cm Width: 96.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	Fields are being robbed of fertility by misuse. Resettlement Administration is putting land back for its proper use R.H. Jansen (signed, upper right corner)
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted	Fields Land
Place depicted	United States
Summary	Under the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Resettlement Administration (RA) was established in 1935. Conceived by Professor R. Tugwell, the RA was designed to assist American families decimated by the worst effects of the Great Depression.
Other number	LS.300 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.29-2004

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Record created	January 27, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O108829/fields-are-being-robbed-of-poster-jansen-rh/

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