Louis Lozowick immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1906 and was fascinated by. America’s rapid industrialization. Commissioned by E.F. Schmidt Co., a Milwaukee-based printing company, he designed 12 prints for their 1945 wall calendar, A Tribute to American Industry. Each image features a scene representing a specific American industry.

Lozowick participated in leftist political groups and was a member of the American Artists’ Congress, an organization opposing fascism. In a 1936 statement, the group emphasized the creative individual as a laborer, characterizing the artist as “a workman among workers.”