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Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry, Jacob Lawrence
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Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry is a Harlem Renaissance Tempera and Hardboard Painting created by Jacob Lawrence from 1940 to 1941. It lives at the The Phillips Collection in the United States. The image is © Estate of Jacob Lawrence / ARS, New York, and used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Political Work. SourceSee Migration Series No.37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.18: The migration gained in momentum

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.24: Their children were forced to work in the fields. They could not go to school, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.24: Their children were forced to work in the fields. They could not go to school

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.48: Housing was a serious problem

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.3: From every southern town migrants left by the hundreds to travel north

1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.40: The migrants arrived in great numbers, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.40: The migrants arrived in great numbers

1940 – 1941
Self-Portrait (Myself at Work), Archibald Motley

Self-Portrait (Myself at Work)

Archibald Motley, 1933
The Crucifixion, Fra Angelico

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico, 1420 – 1423
Migration Series No.43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live

1940 – 1941
Allegro, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Allegro

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1909
Poem Object, André Breton

Poem Object

André Breton, 1941
Woman in an Armchair, Pablo Picasso

Woman in an Armchair

Pablo Picasso, 1941
Girl with a rose, Lê Phổ

Girl with a rose

Lê Phổ, 1941

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