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Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage, Jacob Lawrence
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45.7 cmMigration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage scale comparison30.5 cm

Migration Series No.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage 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.39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage in the Kaleidoscope

Migration Series No.21: Families arrived at the station very early. They did not wish to miss their trains north, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.21: Families arrived at the station very early. They did not wish to miss their trains north

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Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.49: They found discrimination in the North. It was a different kind

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Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.56: The African American professionals were forced to follow their clients in order to make a living

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Migration Series No.19: There had always been discrimination

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