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

Family Circle

Object numberMO 1956.252
Name Print
Artist (American, 1908 - 1978)
Date1937
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 10 1/2 in x W 16 in (26.7 cm x 40.6 cm )
 image H 10 in x W 13 1/4 in (25.4 cm x 33.7 cm )
DescriptionA black and white lithographic print depicting a family in a park during a performance of a Punch and Judy show. It shows a group of men, women with babies, and children in the foreground on park benches with the show taking place at the right. It is titled and signed by the artist in pencil below the image: Family Circle / Don Freeman. Printed in the lower left corner below the image: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA. The number "3" is written in pencil in the lower right corner. A WPA Federal Art Project label is adhered on the reverse and includes, amongst other things, the project number (265-6900 853). Also on the reverse, written in pencil: WPA 39.086.
Label TextThis print was created for the New York Art Project, Project No. 853, 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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