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The trains were packed continually with migrants by Jacob Lawrence — VisualArtsDB

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The trains were packed continually with migrants

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The trains were packed continually with migrants

1940

Medium: Casein tempera on hardboard
Dimensions: 18 x 12" (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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