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Picturing the Century

One Hundred Years of Photography from the National Archives
Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California
May 20 - July 16, 2006

Title: Farmer Reading His Farm Paper, 1931.
Artist: George W. Ackerman (American 1884-1962)
Medium: Black and White Photograph
National Archives and Records Administration,
Records of the Extension Service (33-SC-15754c)
Image Courtesy: The Museum of Art & History @ the McPherson Center, Santa Cruz

The 1900's are on display via Picturing the Century, drawn from the USA's National Archives at the Smithsonian.

Works from photographers Lewis Hine, Walter Lubken, George Ackerman, Charles Fenno Jacobs, Dorothea Lange and Danny Lyon form this exhibit. Some of the photographs are making their debut public display.

Ackerman worked at the Department of Agriculture for over 40 years. In that time he produced over 50,000 images of life in rural America. Hine's images of children became a catalyst for social reform.

Picturing the Century is currently at the Musuem of Art and History at the McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, California.

Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California:
May 20 - July 16, 2006
Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA:
August 5 - December 17, 2006
Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA:
January 1, 2007 - April 29, 2007
Sunrise Civic Center, Sunrise, FL:
May 19 - July 15, 2007