Charles C. Dawson was an American painter, printmaker, illustrator, and graphic designer.
Charles Dawson (back row, fourth from left) and class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, c. 1916.
American Negro Exposition
The American Negro Exposition, also known as the Black World's Fair and the Diamond Jubilee Exposition, was a world's fair held in Chicago from July until September in 1940, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States at the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865.
Promotional poster by Robert Pious