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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965), Migrant Mother and Children (Destitute pea pickers in California, a 32 year old mother of seven children), February 1936. Black-and-white photograph. Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
Picturing America Grant
by Susie Brack
April 03, 2008
Bluestem Middle School and Bluestem Elementary Leon are happy to announce their applications for the "Picturing America" grant were accepted. The program was made possible through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Each school received a set of 20 laminated two-sided posters of famous works of art created by American artists. The dates of the pieces range from 1100 A.D. - 1996. The idea behind this program is to bring our students face to face with the people, places, and events that have shaped our country, and to provide them with an innovative way to experience America’s history through our nation’s art. The posters are magnificent and it is a pleasure to display them in our schools.
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851 Emanuel Leutze ( American: 1816-1868), Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Oil on canvas; 149 x 255 in. (38.5 x 647.7 cm): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of John Stewart Kennedy, 1897 (97.34) Photograph c1992 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
