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Albert M. Bender, artist,
Chicago: Illinois WPA Art Project, [between 1936 and 1941].
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
National Women’s Trade Union Seal
National Women’s Trade Union Seal,
Julia Bracken Wendt, artist,
Pen and ink on board,
ca. 1903?
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
6-year Old Jewel Walker
6-year Old Jewel Walker. Location: Comanche County—[Geronimo], Oklahoma,
Lewis W. Hine, photographer,
1916.
Prints and Photographers, Library of Congress
“Lightnin’” Washington
“Lightnin’” Washington, an African American prisoner, singing with his group in the woodyard at Darrington State Farm, Texas,
Alan Lomax, photographer,
April, 1934.
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
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