Man with drill

Artwork of the Industrial Age

By MrHintama
  • Period: to

    Artwork

  • FDR signs Emergency Relief Appropriation Act

    FDR creates the Emergency Relieft Appropriation Act that authorizes more than $5 million dollars in public relief. This includes creating the WPA.

  • Man with drill

    Man with drill
    Charles Turzak, Man with Drill. Woodcut. Chicago. 1935. 11.9375 x 9.4375 inches. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

  • Oil man's Christmas tree

    Oil man's Christmas tree
    Alexandre Hogue, Oil Man's Christmas Tree, Lithograph, Texas, 1941, 14 9/16 x 9 7/16 inches. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

  • The United States declare war on Japan

    On December 8, 1941, the United States declare war on Japan. This results in America entering WW2.

  • Works Progress Administration dissolves

    Works Progress Administration dissolves
    With the beginning of war production, mass-employment needs were almost gone making the WPA no longer necissary.

  • Assembly Line

    Assembly Line
    Jolán Gross-Bettelheim, Assembly Line, Lithograph on paper, United States, 1943, 15.875 x 11.875 inches, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.