The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 08, Spring 1988

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Content includes:
Documentary and Propaganda: The Photographs of the Farm Security Administration – Michael L. Carlebach
Painting and Place: Frederic C. Knight in Scranton – Karal Ann Marling
Louis Lozowick: From “Machine Ornaments” to Applied Design, 1923-1930 – Virginia Hagelstein Marquardt
Wilhelmina Geddes, Harry Clarke, and Their Part in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland – Nicola Gordon Bowe
An Outpost of the Arts and Crafts Movement – Isabelle Anscombe
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Modern Design: 1917-1929 – Christine Wallace Laidlaw
Interview: Timothy F. Rub on the Work of Joseph Urban – Beth Dunlop and Timothy F. Rub
London Letter – Peyton Skipwith
Correction: Furniture, Painting, and Applied Designs: Alvar Aalto’s Search for Architectural Form

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