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

October 30, 2007–November 29, 2007

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

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

Departure of the Joads, 1939

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

Share Croppers Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

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

Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama, 1939

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

Election Night, Times Square, 1934

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 (1915–1985) — 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., 1936

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

The Return, 1938

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

untitled ("I'm the one with the part in the back"), also known as The Memphis Belle, 1941

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

The Freemen's Reply, 1941–1942

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

Jewelled City (Chicago), 1931

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

Through a Windshield, the 40-mile Baltimore-Washington Stretch is One Long Clutter of Ugly Signs, 1938

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

Farm for Sale, Jefferson County Kansas, 1938

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

Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas, 1939

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

Dust Storm, 1938

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

School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

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

Skid Row, circa 1939