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WPA paintings by Yvonne Twining, Waldo Kaufer, Albert Gold, [and] Francis Colburn Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston.

WPA paintings by Yvonne Twining, Waldo Kaufer, Albert Gold, [and] Fran...

Poster announcing exhibition of paintings at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Dec 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

WPA exhibition water colors [and] prints, Federal Art Gallery / / HG [monogram].

WPA exhibition water colors [and] prints, Federal Art Gallery / / HG [...

Poster announcing WPA exhibition of watercolors and prints at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass., showing brush, roller and paper or printing plates. Date stamped on verso: May 5 1938. Work P... More

Children in bedroom of their home. Mother has TB, father is on WPA (Works Progress Administration), Charleston, West Virginia

Children in bedroom of their home. Mother has TB, father is on WPA (Wo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Appointed to Social Security board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Assistant WPA Administrator Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward has been appointed a member of the Social Security Board by President Roosevelt. She will succeed Mary. W. Dewson, 12/22/38

Appointed to Social Security board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Assista...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month. No house available in nearest town under twenty dollars a month

Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months no...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A couple of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's wife washing clothes in front yard. South Charleston, West Virginia

WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's wife washing clothes in f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, western, Thurston County. Malone Company house in abandoned mill village now occupied by Work Projects Administration (WPA) worker. General caption number 39

Washington, western, Thurston County. Malone Company house in abandone...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Running shuttle through warp in making rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project at Costilla, New Mexico

Running shuttle through warp in making rag rug at WPA (Works Progress ...

Public domain photograph of Mexico, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was no need for migrant labor to handle the citrus and vegetable crops in the valley, the local supply of labor being ample for this purpose. Most of the local labor is Mexican and the labor contractors favor Mexican labor over white labor, partly because the Mexican will work much cheaper than whites. One white woman who was a permanent resident (her husband was on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) said that the white people who lived in the valley, had no trouble with the Mexicans. The Mexicans were good neighbors, she said, always willing to share what they had. She said the white migrants who came into the valley and resented and misunderstood the Mexicans caused the trouble between the two races. Some towns in this section permit camping only in trailers. The charge for camping in tents is about fifty cents per week, including water, which in some cases must be carried four city blocks. Privies are tin, very bad condition. Garbage is collected only once a week, with large dumps of decaying fruits and vegetables scattered among the camps. Some of the white migrants in this camp were very suspicious of governmental activity, due to the use by south Texas newspapers of the term "concentration camps" referring to FSA (Farm Security Administration) camps

Migrant camp, Weslaco, Texas. Local employment men say that there was ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dyed woolen skeins of thread at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) weaving project. Costilla, New Mexico

Dyed woolen skeins of thread at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Wor...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Well of white tenant farmer who is now on WPA (Work Projects Administration) near Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Well of white tenant farmer who is now on WPA (Work Projects Administr...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Corner of living room of farm family now on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) road work. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Corner of living room of farm family now on WPA (Works Progress Admini...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Part of RR (Rural Rehabilitation) family, now dropped, children have hookworm, mother pellagra and milk leg, according to nurse's report. Father works on WPA (Work Projects Administration). Coffee County, Alabama

Part of RR (Rural Rehabilitation) family, now dropped, children have ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Recreation evening at community school under direction of WPA (Work Projects Administration) recreational supervisor. Coffee County, Alabama

Recreation evening at community school under direction of WPA (Work Pr...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to dance, dancing, music, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children of WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) workers living in Arkansas River bottoms near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Children of WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administr...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Highway City, California, near Fresno. See general caption. Family from Oklahoma; have been in California for six years, have been migratory workers now on Works Progress Administration (WPA) from which they may be cut off at the opening of the 1939 harvest. Their house represents one of many similar structures, which they are attempting to construct by their own efforts on poor land, for which they are paying a few dollars a month out of the WPA budget. Their light bill is two dollars a month. Water bill one dollar a month, kerosene for cooking five dollars per month, approximately. They own a 1929 Ford. "The cheapest thing for the government to do would be to put people like me on enough land to make a living on. You can't tell me anything about running around with the fruit, I know that deal. You are lucky if you make enough to get home. I'm not a kickin', I'm being tuk care of, but if I should live to be hundred this way I'm not getting ahead noways."

Highway City, California, near Fresno. See general caption. Family fro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Wife of farmer now on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) roadwork making blackberry pie. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Wife of farmer now on WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children looking at picture books at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Casa Grande Valley Farms. Pinal County, Arizona

Children looking at picture books at the WPA (Work Projects Administra...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Children singing at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school. Casa Grande Valley Farms, Pinal County, Arizona

Children singing at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery sch...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Saint Louis, Missouri. Final phase construction, NYA war training center

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Farm woman who lives at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm family migratory labor camp, Yakima, Washington, packing wooden apples at the WPA (Work Projects Administration) apple packing school at the camp

Farm woman who lives at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) farm fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mr. Hazar Loosigian, Armenian. Runs a small vegetable farm. The money his son makes on WPA (Work Projects Administration) helps them get thru the winter. West Andover, Massachusetts

Mr. Hazar Loosigian, Armenian. Runs a small vegetable farm. The money ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, started by the WPA (Work Projects Administration), now conducted by the state (?) vocational education department. Women pay three cents each for cans and two cents per can for use of the pressure cooker. Mrs. Fred Kemper(left), and Mrs. Roland Kemper canning asparagus that they bought in the market

Jeffersontown, Kentucky. The Jefferson County ommunity cannery, starte...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

First floor WPA Mural at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico

First floor WPA Mural at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

The Gonzales Memorial Museum in Gonzales, Texas

The Gonzales Memorial Museum in Gonzales, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Gonzales "come and take it" cannon was a Spanish-made, bronze artillery piece of six-pound caliber. The gun was the object of con... More

Exhibition WPA Federal Art Project Pennsylvania / / Milhous.

Exhibition WPA Federal Art Project Pennsylvania / / Milhous.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition, showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Greek figure holding print. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Signed in pencil by the artist.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) House, 16581 Chandler Boulevard (moved from Ireland Trail), Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Works Progress Administration (WPA) House, 16581 Chandler Boulevard (m...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N604 Survey number: HABS IN-300

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

WPA paintings by children under Federal Art Project, New York

WPA paintings by children under Federal Art Project, New York

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of childrens' paintings, showing a hand painting a horse. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Bridge No. 233, Leaday-Hill Road (Elm Creek Road) at Bull Hollow Bridge, Voss, Coleman County, TX

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Bridge No. 233, Leaday-Hill Road (...

Significance: The bridge was one of a series of small stone and concrete bridges constructed as W.P.A. projects along a road across the Red Wire Pasture on the Day-Miller Ranch. This ranch road was improved to... More

Money man. J.R. McCarl, Comptroller General of the United States, photographed as he called at the White House to be one of the first to see the president upon his return from an extensive vacation. McCarl has been passing upon applications for funds on the WPA program

Money man. J.R. McCarl, Comptroller General of the United States, phot...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hopkins slams Gov. Landon. Harry Hopkins, administrator of FERA and head of WPA, tells reporters that Gov. Alf Landon of Kan., "balanced his budget in Kansas by taking money out of the hides of the needy." He said further that Landon's administration "had never put up a thin dime for relief." 11/1/35

Hopkins slams Gov. Landon. Harry Hopkins, administrator of FERA and he...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Exhibit - WPA Federal Art Gallery, State of New Jersey Opening Nov. 15, Calumet B'l'd'g., 17-19 William St., Newark, N.J.

Exhibit - WPA Federal Art Gallery, State of New Jersey Opening Nov. 15...

Poster announcing opening of exhibit of WPA art at the Federal Art Gallery at 17-19 William St., Newark, New Jersey, showing drafting and painting equipment. Date stamped on verso: Jan 5 1939. Work Projects Adm... More

WPA Federal Theatre presents "The emperor's new clothes" by Charlotte Chorpenning

WPA Federal Theatre presents "The emperor's new clothes" by Charlotte ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Emperor's New Clothes" at the Adelphi Theatre, 54th Street, east of 7th Ave. Date stamped on verso: Sep 12 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Colle... More

Sculpture exhibition A survey of work produced by artists in the Sculpture Division of the WPA Federal Art Project.

Sculpture exhibition A survey of work produced by artists in the Sculp...

Poster announcing exhibit of sculpture by WPA Federal Art Project artists at the WPA Federal Art Project Gallery, 7 East 38 Street, New York City.

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California, reflect the shortage of housing for low income workers

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New Assistant WPA Administrator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Maj. B.M. Harlee, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, has been named Assistant WPA Administrator and Chief of WPA Engineers by Col. F.C. Harrington, new Administrator. This post was formerly held by Col. Harrington, 12/29/38

New Assistant WPA Administrator. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Maj. B.M. ...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) weaving project supervisor making skeins of thread. Costilla, New Mexico

WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) weavi...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A large group of people sitting in a room, Texas, during Great Depression

A large group of people sitting in a room, Texas, during Great Depress...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

100 water colors by easel artists of the New York City WPA Art Project

100 water colors by easel artists of the New York City WPA Art Project

Poster announcing exhibition of watercolors at the Windsor Tower Grey Room, showing watercolor of woman with flowers. Date stamped on verso: Jul 22 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library ... More

Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp, Arizona. Farm work was slack and this man volunteered to make and repair nursery supplies during his idle time-- no pay being received

Migratory agricultural laborer making toys for the WPA (Work Projects ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Migratory agricultural worker delivers his child to the WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona

Migratory agricultural worker delivers his child to the WPA (Work Proj...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school attendent washing dirty feet of the children before they their afternoon nap at the Agua Fria migratory labor camp. Arizona

WPA (Work Projects Administration) nursery school attendent washing di...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Typical of the millions of American families whose wage-earners have found real jobs for real wages for the first time in many years are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Thomas Herbster of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Mr. Herbster says "It feels good to be back at a steady job after CWA, Works Project Administration (WPA) and other odds and ends

Typical of the millions of American families whose wage-earners have f...

Public domain photograph of New Jersey in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Excavating work, construction of sewage lines and sewage disposal plant, a WPA (Work Projects Administration) national defense project sponsored by the city of San Diego. All excavating on this project up to date has been done by hand--but big equipment is now being moved in. San Diego, California

Excavating work, construction of sewage lines and sewage disposal plan...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Chicago, Illinois. NYA training center

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Adm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sp...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Scrap collected for salvage at a rally sponsored by...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sponsored by the Work Projects Administration (WPA) at the state fairgrounds

Detroit, Michigan. Entertainers performing at a scrap salvage rally sp...

Public domain photograph of music festival, musicians, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WPA fresco "California Life" at Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

WPA fresco "California Life" at Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The art deco tower, made of unpainted reinforced concre... More

Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, South Dakota

Dinosaur Park, Rapid City, South Dakota

Dinosaur Park is a tourist attraction in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Dedicated on May 22, 1936, it contains seven dinosaur sculptures on a hill overlooking the city, created to capitalize on the to... More

Art Deco Column Capital details, Mississippi War Memorial Building, Jackson, Mississippi

Art Deco Column Capital details, Mississippi War Memorial Building, Ja...

Built in 1939 beside the Old Capitol. A Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer. Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Print... More

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rincon Annex Post Office was the last great WPA project. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's... More

[History of San Francisco mural "The Waterfront" by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, California]

[History of San Francisco mural "The Waterfront" by Anton Refregier at...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat above a blank banner]

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a w...

Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: "New York State WPA Art Program." Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Works Progress Administr... More

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat above a blank banner]

[WPA poster design on red background showing the head and hands of a w...

Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: "New York State WPA Art Program." Forms part of: Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Works Progress Administr... More

Art exhibition, WPA Federal Art Project, New Bedford Free Public Library, Jan. 25 to Feb. 7 Lectures.

Art exhibition, WPA Federal Art Project, New Bedford Free Public Libra...

Poster announcing art exhibition and lectures to be held at the New Bedford Free Public Library, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) House, 16581 Chandler Boulevard (moved from Ireland Trail), Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, IN

Works Progress Administration (WPA) House, 16581 Chandler Boulevard (m...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N604 Survey number: HABS IN-300

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA

San Bernardino Valley College, Auditorium, 701 South Mount Vernon Aven...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

WPA Federal Music Project of NYC [presents] Brahms symphony series Federal symphony orchestra - distinguished conductors and assisting artists.

WPA Federal Music Project of NYC [presents] Brahms symphony series Fed...

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of Brahms symphony series at the WPA Federal Music Theatre, 254 West 54 St., New York City. Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

The WPA Federal Dance Theatre presents "The eternal prodigal" Choreography by Gluck-Sandor, music by Herbert Kingsley.

The WPA Federal Dance Theatre presents "The eternal prodigal" Choreogr...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Eternal Prodigal." Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Politics and the Dancing Body" at the Performing Art... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Gaineswood, 805 South Cedar Street, Demopolis, Marengo County, AL

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS AL-211 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1910 Subsequent Work National R... More

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; made by Illinois WPA Art Project, Chicago.

A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health / Bender ; ma...

Poster promoting the U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps showing a young man with pickaxe. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angele... More

Mayors discuss WPA strike situation in special session. Washington, D.C., July 14. At an extraordinary session called this morning by their president, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, the Executive Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors surveyed the entire strike of WPA employees throughout the country. At the conclusion of the meeting, Mayor LaGuardia announced that the Executive Committee would confer immediately with Commissioner Harrington on the strike situation. Front row, left to right: Harold H. Burton, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio; Mayor LaGuardia of New York City; Daniel W. Hoan, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Back row, left to right: C.D. Scully, Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Paul V. Betters, Mayor of Amarillo, Texas; Joseph D. Scholtz, Mayor of Louisville, Ky.; and Richard W. Reading, Mayor of Detroit, Mich.

Mayors discuss WPA strike situation in special session. Washington, D....

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Who's who in the zoo Illustrated natural history prepared by the WPA Federal Writers Project : On sale at all book stores, zoos, and museums.

Who's who in the zoo Illustrated natural history prepared by the WPA F...

Poster advertising WPA Federal Writers' Project illustrated guide to natural history. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Attributed to Sidne... More

WPA Federal Art Project general exhibition

WPA Federal Art Project general exhibition

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Apr 21 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Poste... More

WPA paintings, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston

WPA paintings, Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston

Poster for exhibition of WPA paintings at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Oct 9 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

CIO Head and Mrs. Lewis attend Hopkins' rites. Washington, D.C., Oct. 9. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Lewis leaving Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church today where they attended funeral services for Mrs. Harry Hopkins, wife of the WPA Administrator. 10/9/37

CIO Head and Mrs. Lewis attend Hopkins' rites. Washington, D.C., Oct. ...

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Families are left stranded without means of support when the lumber mill "cuts out." This family lives on a cut-over area. The mill has closed, and the father does WPA (Work Projects Administration) work. Near Kiln, Mississippi

Families are left stranded without means of support when the lumber mi...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Appointed to Social Security board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Assistant WPA Administrator Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward has been appointed a member of the Social Security Board by President Roosevelt. She will succeed Mary. W. Dewson, 12/22/38

Appointed to Social Security board. Washington, D.C., Dec. 22. Assista...

A black and white photo of a woman in an office. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery school for migrant children is conducted in camp under nursery school teachers trained by WPA (Work Projects Administration), and assigned to work in the camp under (WPA) project

Lunchtime for young migrants at Shafter Camp, California. The nursery ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Massachusetts meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street. San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts make by Congress in relief appropriations

Massachusetts meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers p...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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