They carry public health messages, aiming to halt the spread of infectious diseases like syphilis and tuberculosis, and encouraging people to eat a good diet, exercise and seek advice on parenting techniques.
Jan Grenci, a reference specialist for posters at the Library of Congress, said the posters, created for a government agency called the Work Projects Administration (WPA) still have 'many admirers' as they are 'truly American in style.
The film tells the story of Shaar's efforts to set up a food truck and harness the culinary talents of the women living in the refugee camp of Burj al Barajneh, which was established in a southern suburb of Beirut in 1948 and is still home to thousands of Palestinians.
The New Deal is the name retrospectively given to the domestic policies brought in by then-President Franklin Roosevelt between 1933 and 1938, which were brought in to revive the US economy after the Wall Street Crash in 1929.
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