Lighting up rural homes and farms

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Collection Highlights

Poster shows a young man sitting at a table writing. A lamp on the table lights the surface.

Promotional poster from the Rural Electrification Administration [between 1933-1937]

The Rural Electrification Administration formed in 1935 to help bring electricity to rural homes and farms. REA issued bright posters to promote membership in
electric cooperatives, which set up local power utilities in rural communities.

Special Collections preserves historical posters published by USDA and other agricultural organizations. Browse the poster collection.