American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print

This exhibition illustrated the fascinating fusion of art with popular culture and music history. Featuring the work of one of the nation’s oldest and continuously printing shops — Nashville, Tennessee’s, Hatch Show Print — it highlighted the uniquely American posters produced to advertise everything from vaudeville shows, state fairs and stock car races to the Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley and Herbie Hancock.

The exhibition, created by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) and the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum, was supported by America’s Jazz Heritage, A Partnership of The Wallace Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution.