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Teaching Gallery: Depression Era: Prints & Photos from 1929-1941

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selected prints & photos for Professor Sponholtz, HIST 345 Hard Times: The Depression Years in America, 1929-1941 (reaction assignment)

Works of art

Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), Departure of the Joads — Departure of the Joads

Thomas Hart Benton

1939

Walker Evans (1903–1975); Evans Estate, Share Croppers Family, Hale County, Alabama — Share Croppers Family, Hale County, Alabama

Walker Evans, Evans Estate

1936

Marion Post Wolcott (1910–1990), Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama — Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama

Marion Post Wolcott

1939

Donald Freeman (1908–1978), Election Night, Times Square — Election Night, Times Square

Donald Freeman

1934

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana on Highway 10. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington. — Vernon Evans (with his family) of Lemmon, South Dakota, near Missoula, Montana on Highway 10. Leaving grasshopper-ridden and drought-stricken area for a new start in Oregon or Washington.

Arthur Rothstein

1936

Sarah Berman (1895–1957), The Return — The Return

Sarah Berman

1938

George Petty (1894–1975), untitled ("I'm the one with the part in the back"), also known as The Memphis Belle — untitled ("I'm the one with the part in the back"), also known as The Memphis Belle

George Petty

1941

Reynold Henry Weidenaar (1915–1985), The Freemen's Reply — The Freemen's Reply

Reynold Henry Weidenaar

1941–1942

Gerald Kenneth Geerlings (1897–1998), Jewelled City (Chicago) — Jewelled City (Chicago)

Gerald Kenneth Geerlings

1931

Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs — Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs

Margaret Bourke-White

1938

John Vachon (1914–1975), Farm for Sale, Jefferson County Kansas — Farm for Sale, Jefferson County Kansas

John Vachon

1938

Russell Lee (1903–1986), Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas — Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas

Russell Lee

1939

Herschel Logan (1901–1987), Dust Storm — Dust Storm

Herschel Logan

1938

Russell Lee (1903–1986), School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico — School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico

Russell Lee

1940

Charles Frederick Surendorf (1906–1979), Skid Row — Skid Row

Charles Frederick Surendorf

circa 1939