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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Silence
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Silence

Object numberMO 1956.249
Name Print
Artist (American, 1876 - 1955)
Date1938
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsimage H 7 5/8 in x W 11 3/8 in (19.4 cm x 28.9 cm )
 overall H 10 in x W 16 in (25.4 cm x 40.6 cm )
DescriptionA black and white lithographic print depicting a scene inside the Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City. It shows readers, including a nun, seated at tables in the library. Printed below the image in the lower left: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA. The title is written in pencil below the image, center: Silence. The artist's signature is in pencil below the image in the lower right: Mabel Dwight. The number "13" is written in pencil in the lower right corner.
Label TextThis print was created for the New York Art Project, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration.
Additional Details
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government, Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943. Held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesArtifacts Relating to the New Deal (National Archives Identifier 750981)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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