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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 — Thomas Hart Benton

Departure of the Joads, 1939

Share Croppers Family, Hale County, Alabama, Walker Evans; Evans Estate — Walker Evans; Evans Estate

Share Croppers Family, Hale County, Alabama, 1936

Interior of Classroom in Old Goodman School, Coffee County, Alabama, Marion Post Wolcott — Marion Post Wolcott

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

Election Night, Times Square, Donald Freeman — Donald Freeman

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 — Arthur Rothstein

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 — Sarah Berman

The Return, 1938

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

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 — Reynold Henry Weidenaar

The Freemen's Reply, 1941–1942

Jewelled City (Chicago), Gerald Kenneth Geerlings — Gerald Kenneth Geerlings

Jewelled City (Chicago), 1931

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

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 — John Vachon

Farm for Sale, Jefferson County Kansas, 1938

Mass Meeting Called to Raise Funds to Continue WPA Road Work, San Augustine, Texas, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

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

Dust Storm, Herschel Logan — Herschel Logan

Dust Storm, 1938

School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico, Russell Lee — Russell Lee

School Children Singing, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940

Skid Row, Charles Frederick Surendorf — Charles Frederick Surendorf

Skid Row, circa 1939