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Photo (detail):
Barbara Bernstein
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"Gutenberg Showing a Proof to the Elector of Mainz"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |
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Photo (detail):
Barbara Bernstein
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"Learning to Read"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor, over door to Room 315 |
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Photo (detail):
Barbara Bernstein
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"Moses with the Tablet of Law"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |
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Photo (detail):
John Tibbetts
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"Prometheus Bringing Fire to Man"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor ceiling |
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Photo (detail):
Barbara Bernstein
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"The Linotype-Merganthaler and Whitelaw Reid"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |
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Used with permission of the United States Postal ServiceĀ©. All rights reserved.
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Photo (detail):
Jimmy Emerson, DVM
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Photo (detail):
Barbara Bernstein
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"The Medieval Scribe"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room |
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Photo (detail):
Jimmy Emerson DVM
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Photo (detail):
Douglas C. Palmer
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"The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America"
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1935 |
Theodore Roosevelt Federal Courthouse
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: Ceremonial Courtroom |
This mural was painted for the dining room at Ellis Island. It was severely damaged in the 1950s when a storm blew the roof off of the building. Pieces of it have been restored and hung in the Brooklyn courthouse. |
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Photo (detail):
Barbara Bernstein
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"The Student"
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1942 |
New York Public Library
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Mural,
oil on canvas
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Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) |
Location: 3rd floor, over door to Room 316 |
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