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Su17 Wall - ENGLISH 317 - Immigration Eras, Then and Now

A view of steerage passengers gathered on two decks of a steamship.

Alfred Stieglitz
The Steerage
photogravure on paper
15 15/16 in x 11 1/16 in (40.48 cm x 28.1 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 ⅛ in (56.04 cm x 46.04 cm);13 ⅛ in x 10 in (33.34 cm x 25.4 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern

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This black and white stereoscopic image features two images of the Statue of Liberty’s hand protruding from the roof of a building/tent. There are men standing in the base of her torch and a crowd on the ground below. There are other buildings in the distance. It is surrounded by the text: Sample Set No. 1; 2025—Colossal Hand and Torch “Liberty”.

Stereo Classics Studio
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.1: Colossal Hand and Torch "Liberty"
photograph on cardboard
3 3/4 in x 7 in (9.53 cm x 17.78 cm)
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Statue of Liberty, New York
watercolor on white wove paper
6 7/16 in x 9 ⅝ in (16.35 cm x 24.45 cm);10 3/10 in x 13 ⅜ in (26.19 cm x 33.97 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving Levitt

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Doug Webb
Liberty Renewed
serigraph on paper
28 13/16 in. x 37 in. ( 73.2 cm x 94 cm )
Gift of Jack A. and Noreen Rounick

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This photograph depicts an aerial view of a statue surrounded by construction scaffolding on an island surrounded by water.

Marilyn Bridges
Rebuilding Liberty, NYC
gelatin silver print on paper
20 in x 16 in (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
Gift of Will and Joanne Potter

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This print has three main images all printed in a monochromatic grey. At the top is an image of a man, in a tweed coat and fur hat, polishing a motorcycle. The scene is from a pier. The sign says "GANGWAY 1," with the ocean and the Statue of Liberty in the background. The central image is a detail of the face of the Statue of Liberty, with a small boy visible in her crown. The bottom image is more abstracted shapes from a dot-matrix image.

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
Fifty Nine Varieties of Paradise
photolithograph on paper
14 15/16 in x 10 in (37.94 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Professor Diane M. Kirkpatrick

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Around and behind a central image of a sewing machine are overlapping images of people, ships, a building fire, the Statue of Liberty, and small blocks of text.

Ida Abelman
My Father Reminisces
lithograph on paper
14 9/16 in x 18 7/16 in (36.99 cm x 46.83 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

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Text (in Polish): Kosciuszko, Pulawski [sic.] walczyli o wolnosc w Ameryce Czy ty pomozesz Ameryce walczyc o wolnosc w Polsce? Jedz Mniej Pszenicy-miesa-ttuszczy-cukru abysmy mogli pomodz maszym braciom walczactm w Amiach Alianckich - Zarzad Spozywczy Stanow Zjednoconych

George John Illian
Kosciuszko, Pulawski fought for liberty in America, Can you help America fight for freedom in Poland? Eat less sugar, wheat, meat, fats so that we can support our brothers fighting in the allied armies
color lithograph on paper
28 x 20 1/2 in. (71 x 52 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons

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Morris Topchevsky
Refugees
lithograph on paper
12 ½ in x 8 7/16 in (31.75 cm x 21.43 cm)
Gift of Chet LaMore

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A black and white image of three children and four adults with suitcases greeting two other adults with a white fence in the foreground.

Richard Swanson
Estonian Refugees
gelatin silver print on paper
8 in x 10 in (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm)
Gift of Mark Swanson

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This photograph is a portrait of a middle-aged man. His hairline has receded and his remaining hair and beard have turned gray. He looks into the camera lens; his dark-colored shirt disappears into the dark background. Persian calligraphy is inscribed subtly over his skin.

Shirin Neshat
Sayed
digital pigment print on paper
24 in x 15 1/2 in (60.96 cm x 39.37 cm);26 in x 17 1/2 in (66.04 cm x 44.45 cm)
Gift of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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