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...I don't know what I have. I had practically all photographs. But I couldn't afford always to do it myself, and sometimes I wouldn't even get the photographs. But I have something of the paintings I did during that period. 
...No, I think...
...No that was a private commission from the Associated Negro Press.
...Yes, that was a pretty large mural. And there was a deadline. I think I only had about three weeks to do that. When you're young, you've got all this energy stored up in you, you know. You're not dissipated yet. 
...That was oil.
...At the Federal Arts Project Headquarters. They had ample space for a project as big as a mural. 
...That was sponsored by the community artists there.
...Yes, the Federal Arts Project was supplied with teachers. All you had to do was secure the building and the art project was yours, the school. 
...It was. The community had a campaign, and they went around to everybody's home and collected dimes to raise a sufficient amount of money to purchase the building...
...I taught there. I would teach classes there, and I also, for a short while, was Assistant Director. 
...Yes. You mean the art club that I used to belong to? 
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