Discouraged Workers
Artist
Ben Norris
(1910 - 2006)
Date1936
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the Hilbert Collection
Object number2017.030
DescriptionA Depression-era classic. The location of this image was on Aliso Street near the Los Angeles Gas Works and Maier Brewing Company. Prohibition police shut down the Maier Brewing Company for producing alcoholic beer. Presumably, the downtrodden fellow in the picture lost his job. On View
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