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The Migration Series, Panel no. 27: Many men stayed behind until they could take their families north with them. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 35: They left the South in great numbers. They arrived in the North in great numbers. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 37: Many migrants found work in the steel industry. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 39: Railroad platforms were piled high with luggage. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 41: The South was desperate to keep its cheap labor. Northern labor agents were jailed or forced to operate in secrecy. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 43: In a few sections of the South leaders of both Black and White communities met to discuss ways of making the South a good place to live. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 45: The migrants arrived in Pittsburgh, one of the great industrial centers of the North. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 47: As the migrant population grew, good housing became scarce. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 53: African American, long-time residents of northern cities met the migrants with aloofness and disdain. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 55: The migrants, having moved suddenly into a crowded and unhealthy environment, soon contracted tuberculosis. The death rate rose. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 57: The female workers were the last to arrive north. (between 1940 and 1941)
The Migration Series, Panel no. 59: In the North they had the freedom to vote. (between 1940 and 1941)
Ancestor (1958)
Tunk Mountains, Autumn, Maine (1945)