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Post office mural, Forest parkway, 11421
Mural commissioned by the Works Progress Administration
Artists were one of the groups most affected by the Great Depression as no one had the money to buy the artists works, or commission the artists for specific works. The Works Progress…
Artists were one of the groups most affected by the Great Depression as no one had the money to buy the artists works, or commission the artists for specific works. The Works Progress…
The woman-suffrage movement in New York City society leaders securing signatures to petitions to be presented to the constitutional convention - scene at Sherry's
Women signing a petition to receive suffrage in their state New York. Halftone Photomechanical Prints. 1894. This was after the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were ratified, soon it will be the twentieth century and with it World War I and the…
[Suffragists Protest Woodrow Wilson's Opposition to Woman Suffrage, October 1916]
Women were protesting President Wilson because he opposed women's suffrage. 8.5 x 11.5 in. Digitized Photograph. 1916. World War I has started but the United States of America has not joined the war yet. Before World War I the President was…
Back Our Girls Over There United War Work Campaign
A poster to convince people to help the women over in Europe helping with the war effort. Lithograph. 1918. World War I, everyone is helping with the war effort, even women who were previously barred from the workforce. Nursing was not the only job…
Jane Addams Hull House.
Image of Jane Addams Hull-house museum. The museum and the building of Hull house. The house was founded by Jane Addams.
The Age of Brass/Or the Triumphs of Women's Rights
The political cartoon dipicts two women running for office highlights the fear some men might have had at the time it was drawn. Digitization of a political cartoon, a lithographic print. 1869. This was just after the Civil War of the United States…
Progress and poverty - a decoration day study
Print shows waves of veterans marching through a memorial arch on "Decoration Day", carrying banners that state "We will continue to save the country, so long as there is a dollar in the Treasury" and "Army of Pensioners". On the right, Uncle Sam…
He should pay the taxes
Mrs. Robinson Brown;
The political cartoon was contemporary to Hull House. The image depicts three wealthy men pointing to an impoverished man. The wealthy men are implying that the poor man should not only pay taxes, but the added the in front…
The political cartoon was contemporary to Hull House. The image depicts three wealthy men pointing to an impoverished man. The wealthy men are implying that the poor man should not only pay taxes, but the added the in front…
Woman aircraft worker checking assemblies
A woman working in a factory during WWII. Digitized Photograph. 1942. World War II, women have rights but are still fighting for more, they will likely use their work and efforts in the war to get more rights. Women had very diverse tasks in their…
July Morning, Emil Armin, 1940, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project
July Morning, Emil Armin, 1940, WPA, screenprint printed in brown ink on wove paper, 11 × 14 inches. Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, to the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Art work commissioned by the Works Progress…
Art work commissioned by the Works Progress…