Archie Alexander ~ Mathematician/Engineer ~Builder Postcard

Archie Alphonso Alexander (1888 – 1958) was an African-American mathematician and engineer. He was an early African-American graduate of the University of Iowa and the first to graduate from the University of Iowa's College of Engineering. He was also a governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. ***** CC-PD-Mark (PD-US-Gov) ***** Re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Alexander ***** Artist: Charles Henry Alston ~ (1907 -1977) was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighbourhood of Harlem. During the 1930s and early 1940s. Alston created illustrations for magazines such as Fortune, Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, Melody Maker and others. He also designed album covers for artists such as Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins. Alston became staff artist at the Office of War Information and Public Relations in 1940, creating drawings of Noteable African Americans. These images were used in over 200 black newspapers across the country by the government to foster goodwill with the black citizenry. Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. *****