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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.
Essex, Massachusetts
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Essex, Massachusetts

Artifact IDMO 1956.315
Object Type Print
Artist (American, 1909 - 1995)
Date1937
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsplate marks H 7 3/4 in x W 11 7/8 in (19.7 cm x 30.2 cm )
 overall H 10 in x W 14 in (25.4 cm x 35.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionA black and white dry point etching depicting a wintertime scene in Essex, Massachusetts. It shows a cluster of old buildings and houses with a bare elm tree in the foreground. The artist's signatures is in pencil in the lower right corner below the image: Samuel Green.
Historical NoteThis print was created for the Massachusetts 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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