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Migration Series No.38: They also worked on the railroads

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.38: They also worked on the railroads, Jacob Lawrence
Migration Series No.38: They also worked on the railroads, zoomed in
30.5 cmMigration Series No.38: They also worked on the railroads scale comparison45.7 cm

Migration Series No.38: They also worked on the railroads is a Harlem Renaissance Tempera and Hardboard Painting created by Jacob Lawrence from 1940 to 1941. It lives at the MOMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York. 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.38: They also worked on the railroads in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.2: The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry. Citizens of foreign countries were returning to their native lands, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.2: The war had caused a labor shortage in northern industry. Citizens of foreign countries were returning to their native lands

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Migration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.7: The migrant, whose life had been rural and nurtured by the earth, was now moving to urban life dependent on industrial machinery

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