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

Artifact IDMO 1956.286
Object Type Print
Artist (Hungarian-American, 1898 - 1968)
Date1936
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 7 7/8 in x W 13 1/16 in (20 cm x 33.2 cm )
 image H 5 1/4 in x W 11 1/2 in (13.3 cm x 29.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white lithographic print depicting manual laborers in the foreground with an industrial scene - including buildings and a mine railroad - in the background. Signed by the artist in pencil in the lower right below the image: Manuel G. Silberger / 1936. In the lower left corner below the image: Labor [in pencil] / FEDERAL ART PROJECT No. 1 [stamped]. Handwritten in blue pencil in the lower right:15x20 / sheet 2.
Historical NoteThis 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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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