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After 1900
John F. Peto, Reminiscences of
1854
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1901
Ransom Eli Olds and Oldsmobile Co. design and
market the first commercially successful
automobile.
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1902
Robert Koehler, Rainy Evening on Hennepin
Avenue
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1907
Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage
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1908
George Coolidge invents the tungsten-filament
incandescent light bulb. Household electricity
becomes common.
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1916
Alfred Stieglitz includes
Georgia O'Keeffe in a group
exhibition at his "291" gallery.
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1917
The U.S. enters World War I.
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1926
Georgia O'Keeffe, City Night
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1929
Stock market crash marks the beginning of the
Great Depression.
Iowa born Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st U.S.
President.
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1931
Grant Wood, The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West
Branch, Iowa
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1932
James van DerZee, Harlem Couple
Alexander Calder creates the first air-driven
mobile.
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1935
Farm Security Administration (FSA) brings
financial aid to thousands of rural workers
suffering from severe drought.
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1935
Leopold Godowsky, Jr., Leopold Manners, and the
Kodak Research Lab invent color reversal film (now
called Kodachrome) for photography.
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1936
Dorothea Lange,
Migrant Mother
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1941
U.S. enters World War II.
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1942
Romare Bearden, Factory Workers
Fortune magazine commissions Romare Bearden to
paint the frontispiece for an article on black
Americans in the U.S. labor force.
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1950s
Clementine Hunter, The Wash
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1953
Alexander Calder, Ahab
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1957
Grace Hartigan,
Billboard
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1965
Bob Thompson, Homage to Nina
Simone
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1968
"Harlem on My Mind" exhibit at Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York City features photos by
James van DerZee.
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1969
Chuck Close,
Frank
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1974
George Morrison, Collage IX:
Landscape
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1987
U.S. Congress passes a resolution acknowledging
the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy to the
U.S. Constitution.
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Late 19th-early 20th century
Lakota, Woman's Dress
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1914-18