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The Coming of the Modern Era - Prints by American Artists
As industrialization and the modern age swept across America it brought significant change in how we lived our lives. Numerous American print makers depicted the changes they encountered in their everyday lives. This museum ready exhibition is available at no charge. The topics range from old versus new, social commentary, industrial and urban progress.
Abbe, William (1916-1983)
Urban Demolition
Anderson, Clarence (1891-1971)
Changing Times
Calapai, Letterio (1902-1993)
Labor in a Diesel Plant
Chamberlain, Samuel (1895-1975)
Soaring Steel [Building of the Civic
Dahlgreen, Charles (1864-1955)
A Note in Pattern - [DeSoto Building]
Dwight, Mabel (1876-1955)
Mechano Marvel of the Age
Ferguson, Edward (1914-2001)
Peace and Progress
Freeman, Mark (1908-2003)
Administration Building - Century of
Freeman, Mark (1908-2003)
General Exhibition Hall - Century of
Gag, Wanda (1893-1946)
Progress
Geerlings, Gerald (1897-1998)
Perugia [West 32nd Street, New York]
Geerlings, Gerald (1897-1998)
Today and Tomorrow [Chicago], Second
Gutmann, Bernhard (1869-1936)
Extremes Meet, NYC
Heaslip, William John (1898-1970)
Corrigan's Crate
Hoeckner, Carl (1883-1972)
Must
Horter, Earl (1881-1940)
Demolition
Kuhler, Otto (1894-1977)
Man Made Canyon
Kuhler, Otto (1894-1977)
The Riveters
Lozowick, Louis (1892-1973)
Birth of a Skyscraper
Mack, Harry F. (1907 - )
Strange Bird
Margulies, Joseph (1896-1984)
The Last of N.Y. Ghetto or Passing of the
Meigs, John (1916-2003)
To the Moon
Nordfeldt, B. J. O. (1878-1955)
City Hall Square
Rosenberg, Louis (1890-1983)
Federal Building at Night, Chicago -
Sloan, John (1871-1951)
Fashions of the Past
Sternberg, Harry (1904-2001)
Dance of the Machine - The Future
Taylor, Prentiss (1907-1991)
Connecticut Light and Power
Webb, Albert James (1895-?)
Devotees of Fine Art
West, Levon (1900-1968)
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Lindbergh
Wilbur, Jessie (1912-1989)
Modern Dance
Woollett, William (1901-1988)
Hoover Dam Project: Arizona End of Suspension Bridge
Albee, Grace (1890-1985)
Forgotten Things
Arms, John Taylor (1887-1953)
An American Cathedral
Calapai, Letterio (1902-1993)
Underground
Citron, Minna (1896–1991)
The Magic Box
Dawes, Dexter B. (1872-c.1960)
The Doomed Tree
Egleson, Jamaes (1907-?)
Premonitions
Flint, W. LeRoy (1909-1991)
Lunch at the Century of Progress World's
Freeman, Mark (1908-2003)
Dairy Exhibition - Century of Progress
Freeman, Mark (1908-2003)
Hall of Science Tower - Century of
Geerlings, Gerald (1897-1998)
Grand Canal, America (Electrical Building
Geerlings, Gerald (1897-1998)
Santa Cinema (1501 Broadway under
Griffith, Louis Oscar (1875-1956)
Derelicts
Hagerman, Kent (1893-1977)
Trackside, Chicago
Heaslip, William John (1898-1970)
Solo - Amelia Earhart
Hoeckner, Carl (1883-1972)
The Darkest Age
Jaques, Bertha (1863 - 1941)
Promenade, World's Columbian
Kuhler, Otto (1894-1977)
Pretty Boy Dam Under Construction
Kupferman, Lawrence (1909-1982)
Victorian Mansion--The Clear, Clear Light
Lozowick, Louis (1892-1973)
Hudson Bridge
Margolies, Samuel (1897-1974)
Bridge to Babylon
Marsh, Reginald (1898-1954)
Pennsylvania Rairlroad Loco Waiting to
Merrill, Katherine (1876-1962)
Exposition Fantasy - Century of Progress
Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926)
Palisades and Palaces
Schutz, Anton (1894-1977)
Chicago, The Old and New
Sloan, John (1871-1951)
X-Rays (Flouroscope And Department Of
Sternberg, Harry (1904-2001)
Locomotives [The Vanishing Giant]
Vogel, Donald (1917-2004)
Slum Clearance
Webb, Alonzo (1888–1975)
New York - Paris [Lindbergh flight].
West, Levon (1900-1968)
Ireland [Lindbergh flight]. Lindbergh
Wilson, Edward Arthur (1886-1970)
Laying the Pipeline
Woollett, William (1901-1988)
Portal No. 1 Before Flood, looking down-
Allen, James Edmund (1894-1964)
The Builders
Brooks, Mildred (1901-1995)
The Last Tree
Chamberlain, Samuel (1895-1975)
Manhattan Old and New
Dahlgreen, Charles (1864-1955)
23rd Street Entrance - Century of
Dwight, Mabel (1876-1955)
Clubhouse, Colonial Dames
Fabri, Ralph (1894-1975)
Americana
Forsyth, Constance (1903-1987)
Chicago World's Fair. "When the Century
Freeman, Mark (1908-2003)
Federal Building - Century of Progress
Freeman, Mark (1908-2003)
Hall of Science, North Entrance - Century
Geerlings, Gerald (1897-1998)
Olympus
Geerlings, Gerald (1897-1998)
The Rising Generation
Grossman, Elias (1898-1947)
Pyramids of New York
Hassam, Childe (1859-1935)
Avenue of the Allies
Heaslip, William John (1898-1970)
Test Pilot
Hoffman, Irwin D. (1901 - 1989)
Suffer Little Children: Luke 18:16 or
Jensen, Cecil
I Didn't Know I Had Talent. This work is in
Kuhler, Otto (1894-1977)
Queen of the Clouds (Graf Zeppelin over
Lewis, Martin (1881-1962)
Building a Babylon
Lozowick, Louis (1892-1973)
Sentinel
Margolies, Samuel (1897-1974)
Men of Steel
McNulty, William (1884-1963)
Demolishing old Madison Square Garden
Noel, Helen (1912-1989)
Ford Exhibit, A Century of Progress,
Pennell, Joseph (1857-1926)
The Biggest of All, AT&T Building
Schwartz, William (1896-1977)
Metropolis
Steinberg, Nathaniel P. (1893-1976)
Civic Progress
Stevenson, Beulah (1890-1965)
St. Paul's Chapel
Wales, George Canning (1866-1940)
Good bye - Fare ye well
Webb, Alonzo (1888–1975)
The Spirit of St. Louis Passes. Lindbergh
West, Levon (1900-1968)
Newfoundland [Lindbergh flight].
Wilson, Edward Arthur (1886-1970)
Time Marches On
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