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The Railroad Stations Were at Times So Over-Packed with People Leaving that Special Guards Had to Be Called in to Keep Order from the Migration Series

» Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000)

Artist / Origin	Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000) Region: North America
Date	1940–1941 Period: 1900 CE - 2010 CE
Material	Tempera on gesso on composition board Medium: Painting
Dimensions	H: 12 in. (30.5 cm.), W: 18 in. (45.7 cm.)
Location	The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Credit	© 2009 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Digital Photo © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY

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