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Born in New York, from a young age Karlan’s artistic endeavors cut across different forms: music, painting, jewelry. At left, we see two brooches and a necklace displayed at a 1946 Museum of Modern Art show on "Modern Handmade Jewelry." Karlan's…

Probably ready for the day in the sewing room at the Perry Knitting Company. Piles of cloth are waiting to be sewn by the women in the background of the picture.

For the 1985 Genesee Migrant Center exhibit African Past: Migrant Present, this drawing was titled "Ghost"; for the 1991 exhibit Passages, it was title "Voudo Man." Cantave Sean's stylized figure recalls the vèvè of Voudon, symbols that were to act…

Stone bridge built by Civil Conservation Corps at Letchworth park.

Gideon and Mary Archer harbored escaped slaves in their home before transporting them to a location where they were rowed across Lake Ontario to freedom in Canada.

The Grange was a trade and social association of farmers whose cohesion was modeled on the fraternity of Masonry, as indicated by this symbol-rich promotional poster. Its genesis came in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, when Secretary of…

Pale girl sits atop a pony, protected from the sun’s rays as apples fall from a tree nearby. The pony, meanwhile, stares blankly at the ground. Although Meloy’s familiarity with animals shows in his representation of anatomy and posture, the bright…

At the popular "Brontosaurus Hall" at the American Museum of Natural History, a young girl sits in preserved footprints of a dinosaur. Note: this image has been croppedS

Bernard Schardt’s graphic art "Girl Sewing” displays Schardt’s style the most, showing an African American woman at home sitting alone in her home sewing. Schardt print here is a color wood cut which was a popular choice among artists during this…

A pale-skinned young woman with blue eyes and brown hair, wearing a blue day dress, lifts a single red tulip stem from a vase of five red tulips. Mirroring the dark brown background, a round, wooden table is the stable platform for the two-handled…