At the White House to Urge Extension of the NRA, left to right: William Green (1873-1952), Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (1880-1965), and John Llewellyn Lewis (1880-1969) of the UMW 1935

Editor: This photograph, by Associated Press, captures William Green, Frances Perkins, and John L. Lewis at the White House, advocating for the NRA. What historical narrative does this image evoke for you? Curator: This photograph speaks volumes about the complexities of the New Deal era. Seeing these figures – representing labor, government, and the UMW – united, prompts us to question whose voices were amplified and whose were marginalized in the pursuit of economic recovery and social change during the Depression. Editor: That’s a perspective I hadn’t considered. Thank you. Curator: Of course. It makes you consider what wasn't in the picture.