Warworkers1940s (1)

The 1940's

By Mchamplin

  • Richard Wright

    Richard Wright
    Native Son- The novel tells the story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black American youth living in utter poverty. Bigger lived in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s

  • Frank Sinatra

    Frank Sinatra
    New York's Paramount Theatre on December 30, 1942
    First Solo

  • Hans Hoffmann

    Hans Hoffmann
    First exhibition in New York at Peggy Guggenheim's The Art of This Century Gallery

  • Equitable Building

    Equitable Building
    Equitable Savings and Loan building
    Portland, Oregon
    It was the first tower to be sheathed in aluminum, the first to use double-glazed window panels, and was the first to be completely sealed and fully air-conditioned

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    The digital computer, named ENIAC, weighing 30 tons and standing two stories high, was completed in 1945.

  • Suburbs

    Suburbs
    Levittown began sales to the planned suburban community.

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson
    Jackie Robinson became the first black professional baseball player - in fact, the first black professional athlete outside of boxing.

  • Jackson Pollock

    Jackson Pollock
    Full Fathom Five by Jackson Pollock. One of his first drip paintings.

  • Lee Krasner

    Lee Krasner
    Lee Krasner (Married to Jackson Pollock) Female abstract artist