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Mural, Roosevelt Public School, panel 1. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3222SB5
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Shahn, Ben. Mural, Roosevelt Public School, panel 1. 1937-1938. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3222SB5

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TitleMural, Roosevelt Public School, panel 1
NameShahn, Ben (Artist), United States. Farm Security Administration
Date Created1937-1938
SubjectImmigrants, Emigration and immigration, Albert, Einstein, 1879-1955, New Jersey--Roosevelt, United States--Ellis Island
DescriptionThe mural, of which this image shows one part, represents immigrants entering through Ellis Island. The most recognizable figure is Albert Einstein who arrived as a refugee in 1933. The panel also shows workers in the garment industry, crowded tenements and Sacco and Vanzetti in their coffins. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-American anarchists who were executed in 1927, many believed unjustly. Ben Shahn, the primary artist, was commissioned by the New Deal's Farm Security Administration. Photographed in 1971.
Genremurals (any medium), paintings
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3222SB5
CollectionBorough of Roosevelt Historical Collection
Organization NameRutgers University. Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives MC 1060