Art and Journalism
We
have collected more than 200 illustrations relating to the history of
communism in Washington State -- including photographs, cartoons, and
other graphics -- many of them taken from radical newspapers published
in Seattle over the course of the 20th century. Each of the historical
essays on this website is accompanied by a photo essay that can be
quickly scrolled. The photos are grouped chronologically and
thematically:
Communist Art
In addition, we have compiled a remarkable collection of
woodcut illustrations from the Voice of Action and
Sunday News -- two of the Communist-influenced newspapers published
during the 1930s. Many of these woodcuts were crafted by Richard V.
Correll, who later became famous and whose art is now much
prized. Between 1933 and 1939, his striking and powerful woodcuts
enlivened the pages of Seattle's radical press. Correll also illustrated
the
1936
Northwest Labor Calendar published by the Voice of Action
and available here in pdf format.
Photo Essays:
Toward a History of Washington State Communism
The 1920s
Organizing
the Unemployed
Organizing Unions
Washington Commonwealth Federation and Washington Pension Union
Race
and Civil Rights
War
and Red Scare
The 1960s
1970-2002
