Tag Archives: Depression

These Artists Got a New Deal

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Ken Dowell

“Art in Every Corner,” Blanton Museum of Art Continue reading →

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A Brief History of Racial and Social Injustice Drawn and Painted

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Ken Dowell

Artists’ views of bigotry, violence and labor unrest in America. Continue reading →

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The Western World Loses a Generation

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Ken Dowell

By 1945 the generation of 1920 had reached full adulthood. They had experienced little of the fun and carefree existence that we have come to associate with youth Continue reading →

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Riding the Rails, A Multimedia Review

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ken Dowell

How a generation of American teens became hoboes. Continue reading →

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