Ronald Debs Ginther exhibit
Paintings from the Depression-era work of Ronald Debs Ginther, courtesy of the Washington State Historical Society. Ginther’s work is featured in a Great Depression exhibit at the North Spokane Library.
Section:Picture story
In this painting by Depression-era artist Ronald Debs Ginther, jobless people staging a “hunger march” on Olympia in March 1933 accept supplies from sympathetic farmers near Tacoma. Ginther’s work is featured in a Great Depression exhibit at the North Spokane Library.
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Ginther Highway 99
Ronald Debs Ginther made this watercolor-and-ink painting of a street scene in Seattle. It shows unemployed people waiting for a bakery window to cave in during a storm in November 1934.
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Ginther Bakery
Ronald Debs Ginther made this self-portrait after spending a day going door to door asking for food. When he finally found a grocer who would give him some, it was just two crackers.
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Ginther self-portrait
Three transients jump on a traveling freight train in this watercolor-and-ink painting documenting a scene in winter 1934 in Klamath Falls, Ore. The painting is by Ronald Debs Ginther.
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Ginther train
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