Symbolic frieze suggesting the workers' physical and social hazards – Historic Print
(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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Symbolic frieze suggesting the workers' physical and social hazards comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Symbolic frieze suggesting the workers' physical and social hazards
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Among the many views of the 1936 Texas Centennial in Dallas, this one stands out because its subject is labor rather than spectacle. Its title describes a symbolic frieze meant to suggest the physical and social hazards faced by workers, a theme that sat uneasily beside a fair celebrating a century of Texas independence. The exposition at Fair Park drew large crowds during the Great Depression, when questions of employee rights were pressing across the country. The print is worth a close look for how it turns allegory into a public statement about work.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Subjects | Texas Centennial--(1936 :--Dallas, Tex.) Employee rights--Texas--Dallas--1930-1940. Exhibitions--Texas--Dallas--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,119 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161750 |
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