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Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg, Smithsonian American Art Museum

About Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Virginia Mecklenburg is chief curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Millard Sheets, Tenement Flats (detail), 1933-34 (SAAM) — Cats, gossip, and laundry — a view of Los Angeles during the Great Depression.

Resilience during the Great Depression

by Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Dr. Steven Zucker

Millard Sheets, Tenement Flats (detail), 1933-34 (SAAM) — Cats, gossip, and laundry — a view of Los Angeles during the Great Depression.

Millard Sheets, Tenement Flats

by Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Dr. Steven Zucker