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Our official exhibition poster for Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh's National Parks Posters on view at Poster House from September 27, 2025–February 22, 2026.
The poster features National and State Parks, 1936, by Dorothy Waugh.
The posters Dorothy Waugh created for the National Park Service between 1934 and 1936 mark a turning point in American graphic design and advertising history. Previous posters for National Parks were mainly created by railroad companies, but Waugh advocated for the government to produce its own campaign with a modernist bent. The resulting series of posters, at once avant-garde and accessible, put Waugh at the forefront of the government’s increasingly expansive presence in American visual culture.
This poster was unlike any previously created by an American designer. Its basic geometric elements, clean lines, primary colors, and sans-serif lettering reflect Waugh's fusion of several European avant-garde styles with her own unique visual language.
Offset Lithography on Mohawk Via Laid Natural 80C (216 GSM). Measures 24 x 18 inches. Ships rolled.
Paper donated by Mohawk. Mohawk has been making print more beautiful, effective, and memorable since 1931.
