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20th Century, Activities, Elementary School

World War II and US Visual Culture

Painting of a white woman wearing blue work overalls and goggles on her forehead. She sits on a box while eating a sandwich. A riveter tool lays across her lap, and her feet rest on a copy of Mein Kampf. The background is in American flag.

Mark Pohlad, PhD
February 28, 2022

20th Century, Classroom Materials, Lesson Plans, Middle School

All Together in World War I

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
July 7, 2021

19th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Middle School

Comparing Portraits

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
June 25, 2021

20th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Elementary School

The Clarke-Hanneford Family

Hilary Mac Austin and Kathleen Thompson
June 23, 2021

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy in Music

Thomas J. Kernan
June 14, 2018

19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Exploring American Art at the Newberry

Mark B. Pohlad
May 11, 2018

20th Century, Collection Essays

World War II and US Visual Culture

Image of a fighter pilot in the sky. Private companies sometimes sponsored artists to create vivid pictures of the military in action.

Mark B. Pohlad
August 1, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Thinking about World History: Historic Maps as Sources

Blue, green, and orange map, centering on a projection from of the globe oriented around the North Pole

Peter Nekola
August 1, 2017

20th Century, Collection Essays

Modernism and Chicago

Liesl Olson, The Newberry
May 16, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

Tudor Visual Culture

Baptista Boazio, an Italian mapmaker living in London, created this map to illustrate an account of Sir Francis Drake’s voyage to the Americas in 1585-1586. Engaged mainly in piracy, Drake captured several Spanish ports in the West Indies.

Libby Karlinger Escobedo, Ph.D.
January 12, 2017

20th Century, Collection Essays

Picturing the Century of Progress: The 1933-34 Chicago World’s Fair

Photo of a group of people admiring a large globe.

Dr. Cate LiaBraaten
July 12, 2016

20th Century, Collection Essays

Art In Chicago 1900-1935

Newberry Staff
June 15, 2016