How America knows what America needs
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000 U.S. Census Bureau.
- Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : U.S. Census Bureau, [2000?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Censuses Cultural Diversity Paintings
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- Light purple poster with a picture of the painting The Library by Jacob Lawrence. The setting of the painting is an open room in a library with people from different cultural backgrounds using the library. Some are standing and some are sitting, and the clothes they are wearing represent different ethnic groups. The painting is an abstract and uses shades of brown, purple, yellow, orange, and black. According to the information under the painting, it is in the National Museum of American Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution, and is a gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. The picture caption and a facsimile of a page from the Census 2000 are to the right of the painting.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 61 x 92 cm.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101456145 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- C02910
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101456145