#FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
#OTD in 1932
‘Firewood supply near Schwabacher's Wharf, Seattle, May 26, 1932’
#Seattle #SchwabachersWharf #blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
May 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In #JUNE 1934
‘FERA Camps for Unemployed Women; New Hampshire, “Robin Hood”’
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
June 1934
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
#FERA #TheNewDeal #SheSheShe #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration #blackandwhitephotography
June 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#OTD in 1935
‘Tukwila Park. Newly constructed cabins near the park entrance, #Tukwila, January 3, 1935’
One of the numerous #parks projects of the #NewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA. #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration, in Washington State
#blackandwhitephotography
January 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#OTD in 1935
‘Road construction on Division Street, #Tukwila, January 3, 1935’
One of the innumerable road construction & improvement projects of #theNewDeal’s 1st work relief program, the #FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration, in Washington State
#blackandwhitephotography
January 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
June 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
#OTD in 1935
‘Road construction on Main Street, #Tukwila, January 3, 1935’
One of the innumerable road construction & improvement projects of the #NewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA. #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration, in Washington State
#blackandwhitephotography
January 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#OTD in 1934
‘Street railroad concrete slabs being set on Western Avenue, Seattle, November 5, 1934’
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One of the many road construction & improvement projects of #theNewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA), in Washington State.
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#OTD in 1935
‘Mudslide prevention work damaged near Madrona Drive, #Seattle, March 13, 1935’
One of the innumerable road construction & maintenance projects of #TheNewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA. #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#OTD in 1935
Blacksmiths at work inside a forge shop, Seattle, June 28, 1935.
Photographer Unknown. 1935.
#FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration #TheNewDeal #Seattle
June 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
#OTD in 1934
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‘Salmon Bay Bridge newly built, Seattle, December 31, 1934’
One of the many projects building or improving #infrastructure of #theNewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA), in Washington State.
December 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM
#OTD in 1934
‘Water pipe installation crew working in Kirkland, August 1, 1934’
One of many water and #sanitation projects of #theNewDeal’s #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA)
#WashingtonState #KirklandWA
August 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
#OTD in 1932
‘Firewood supply near Schwabacher's Wharf, Seattle, May 26, 1932’
#Seattle #SchwabachersWharf #blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
May 26, 2026 at 12:11 PM
In #FEBRUARY 1935
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#MissionSanJose, #SanAntonio - reconstruction & #restoration - 1932-1937
#FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA) workers construct a concrete dome on the mission church, February 1935.
#blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #workrelief
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
#OTD in 1934
‘First slab of Seattle Central Waterfront seawall being placed’, one of the particularly challenging infrastructure projects undertaken through #TheNewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA, #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration.
15 May 1934
May 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
#OTD in 1934
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Tukwila School during construction of a new roof, Tukwila, Washington, August 15, 1934.
MSCUA University of Washington Libraries.
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#NewDeal #workrelief #relief #NewDeal #FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration #Tukwila #WashingtonState
August 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
#OTD in 1934
Painters at work on #FremontBridge, #Seattle, August 8, 1934
The #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA) was also concerned with maintenance of buildings and infrastructure.
MSCUA University of Washington Libraries
#TheNewDeal #workrelief #relief
August 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OTD in 1934
Alaskan Way Seawall, Seattle, Washington, under construction, at Broad Street, 1934. 30 July 1934.
One major engineering project carried out under the #NewDeal’s #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA) was this new seawall in the port of #Seattle.
July 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#OTD in 1935
‘Mudslide prevention work damaged near Madrona Drive, #Seattle, March 13, 1935’
One of the innumerable road construction & maintenance projects of #TheNewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA. #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
March 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
#OTD in 1935
‘Road construction on Main Street, #Tukwila, January 3, 1935’
One of the innumerable road construction & improvement projects of the #NewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA, #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration, in Washington State
#blackandwhitephotography
January 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
In #JULY 1934
‘FERA camps for unemployed women. Negro camp in Atlanta, GA. Federal Emergency Relief Administration. July 1934.’
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #unemployment #FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
#SheSheSheCamps #Atlanta #Georgia
July 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In #JULY 1934
‘FERA Camp for Unemployed Women, “The Swimming Pool,” in New Jersey. Federal Emergency Relief Administration. July 1934.’
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #unemployment #FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration
#SheSheSheCamps #NewJersey
July 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The ambitious project to reconstruct & restore #MissionSanJose relied heavily on relief programs, a local Relief Committee (‘Central Relief Committee’) then, 1933-1937, such New Deal programs as the #CivilWorksAdministration (#CWA) & #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA)
April 28, 2026 at 1:03 PM
#OTD in 1934
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Tukwila School during construction of a new roof, Tukwila, Washington, August 15, 1934.
MSCUA University of Washington Libraries.
@LivingNewDeal
#NewDeal #workrelief #relief #NewDeal #FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration #Tukwila #WashingtonState
August 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#OTD in 1934
Brass Band funded by the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration at #VolunteerPark, #Seattle, September 2, 1934
#FERA would be phased out in 1935 & replaced with the #WPA (Works Progress Administration)
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#TheNewDeal #BrassBand #blackandwhitephotography
September 2, 2026 at 12:07 PM