LaborArts


Sample Image Page for Making Work Visible — A Labor Arts Contest

Students — please select an image from this sampling of Labor Arts items that "speaks to" your submission. Alternatively, you may choose any image from the Labor Arts collections  or exhibits pages, or contribute an image from elsewhere.

 

Click each thumbnail below to view original large-format image and full item description.

Rally against child labor

Rally against child labor, 1997

 

 
 

Emergency Room
NYC emergency room during blackout, 1965

 


 

Goodwill Poster
Goodwill Poster

 

 
 

American Indian ironworkers at Ground Zero, 2002
American Indian ironworkers at Ground Zero, 2002

 


 

Shuttle

[Shuttle], painting by James Grosso, 1955

 

 

Ready to Work
Ready to Work, Chelsea, 1938

 

 

Pie in the Sky
"Pie in the Sky," painting by Ralph Fasanella, 1947

 

 

Bus driver on strike
Bus driver on strike, 2005

Young evacuees in Manzanar

Young evacuees in Manzanar, photograph by Dorothea lange, 1942

 

 

Painting by Marshall Arisman
Painting by Marshall Arisman, 1980

 

 

Painting by John Bernhardt
Painting by John Bernhardt, 1950s

 

 

Painting by Dan McCleary
Painting by Dan McCleary, 2004

Pyramid of the Capitalist System

"Pyramid of the Capitalist System," 1911

 

 

Rebuilding the World Trade Center
Rebuilding the World Trade Center, 2009

 

 

Africa in America
"Africa in America," by Laura Wheeler, 1924

 

 

Fatima of New Royal Fabrics
"Fatima of New Royal Fabrics," painting by Nina Talbot, 2006

Teacher and student

Teacher and student from District 75, 2007

 

 

NYC UndergroundNYC Underground, 1918

 

 

Madison Square Garden Rally 1942Madison Square Garden Rally 1942

 

 

Rats as protest symbols, 2000Rats as protest symbols, 2000

Planned Parenthood button

Planned Parenthood button

 

 

Music maker, painting, 2005Music maker, painting, 2005

 

 

Taxi driver cartoon, 1980sTaxi driver cartoon, 1980s

 

 

BricklayerDetail of mural — bricklayer