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Flag raising in Leroy St. / Kyra Markham '42. – Vintage Wall Art

Flag raising in Leroy St. / Kyra Markham '42., [19]42. — antique lithograph
Flag raising in Leroy St. / Kyra Markham '42., [19]42.. Antique lithograph from the Parades collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of Flag raising in Leroy St. / Kyra Markham '42.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Flag raising in Leroy St. / Kyra Markham '42.

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Kyra Markham's lithograph shows a flag raising on Leroy Street, a small street in New York's Greenwich Village, with a crowd gathered around the ceremony. Markham dated the work 1942, the year after the United States entered World War II, when displays of patriotism were common in neighborhoods across the country. The print is signed and titled in pencil by the artist. It belongs to the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection of realist prints at the Library of Congress, which the library has used to show how American artists recorded everyday civic life during the war years.

Created / published[19]42.
Medium1 print : lithograph ; 33.1 x 24.6 cm. (image), 40.2 x 28 cm. (sheet)
GenreLithographs 1940-1950.
NotesSigned and titled in pencil. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2002-2003. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1995:010.1470
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Social aspects. Flags--1940-1950. Patriotism--1940-1950. Crowds--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,776 × 4,643 px · prints to 13 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220147

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