Visit Beautiful Sea Cliff — WPA World’s Fair Poster, 1938–1939

When Attending the World’s Fair, Visit Beautiful Sea Cliff is a vivid WPA-era travel poster promoting Sea Cliff, Long Island, to visitors attending the New York World’s Fair. A brilliant blue waterfront filled with sailboats and a passenger vessel meets a green coastal hillside, while a dramatic pink diagonal leads toward stylized fairground architecture below.

Produced in 1938 or 1939, the design combines deep blue, olive green, magenta, yellow and white in crisp screen-printed shapes. Large typography gives “Visit Beautiful Sea Cliff” visual prominence, accompanied by the period advertising phrases “250 Ft. Altitude” and “No Mosquitos.” Sponsored by the Village of Sea Cliff, the poster offers a distinctive combination of coastal tourism and the futuristic visual language associated with the 1939 New York World’s Fair.

Artwork Details

• Artist: Unknown / not identified by the Library of Congress
• Title: When Attending the World’s Fair, Visit Beautiful Sea Cliff
• Original title: When attending the World's Fair, visit beautiful Sea Cliff 250 ft. altitude : No mosquitos.
• Series: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
• Date: 1938 or 1939
• Period: 1930s / WPA Era
• Place of Origin: New York, United States
• Medium: Color silkscreen poster

Framed Print Details

• Fine art printing: Professional 12-color fine art printing technology produces vivid, accurate colors with strong tonal depth and significantly greater nuance than standard 4-color inkjet printing.
• Paper: Smooth premium matte paper with a clean, glare-free finish.
• Paper weight: 200 gsm (80 lb).
• Paper thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
• Frame material: Durable pine wood.
• Frame dimensions: Approximately 20 mm (0.79 in) deep and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide.
• Protection: Shatterproof plexiglass protects the print while keeping the framed artwork lightweight.
• Ready to hang: A hanging kit is included, allowing the framed print to be mounted directly on the wall.
• Available sizes: Offered in a range of sizes to suit different spaces.
• Materials: Printed using FSC-certified paper and wood where available.
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