Exterior. 5 November 1940.’
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#NewOrleans #publiclibrary #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #architecture #publicbuildings #libraryservices #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography
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#NewOrleans #publiclibrary #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #architecture #publicbuildings #libraryservices #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #streetphotography
November 5, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Interior. 5 November 1940.’
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#NewOrleans #publiclibrary #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #architecture #publicbuildings #libraryservices #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #interiorphotography
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#NewOrleans #publiclibrary #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #architecture #publicbuildings #libraryservices #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #interiorphotography
November 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
‘Mattress factory stuffing room workers, Seattle, November 6, 1934’ Photographer unknown
#FERA would be closed down in 1935 & replaced with the #WPA - #WorksProgressAdministration
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#blackandwhitephotography #Seattle
#FERA would be closed down in 1935 & replaced with the #WPA - #WorksProgressAdministration
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#blackandwhitephotography #Seattle
November 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
‘Mattress factory stuffing room workers, Seattle, November 6, 1934’ Photographer unknown
#FERA would be closed down in 1935 & replaced with the #WPA - #WorksProgressAdministration
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#blackandwhitephotography #Seattle
#FERA would be closed down in 1935 & replaced with the #WPA - #WorksProgressAdministration
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#blackandwhitephotography #Seattle
The short-lived #CivilWorksAdministration was launched by #FDR on #ThisDayInHistory in 1933. It spent 200 million/month and gave jobs to four million, building bridges, schools, airports, & sewers. CWA was replaced in 1935 in the #SecondNewDeal with #WorksProgressAdministration.
November 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The short-lived #CivilWorksAdministration was launched by #FDR on #ThisDayInHistory in 1933. It spent 200 million/month and gave jobs to four million, building bridges, schools, airports, & sewers. CWA was replaced in 1935 in the #SecondNewDeal with #WorksProgressAdministration.
#OTD in 1935
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Harry Hopkins, head of the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration & #WorksProgressAdministration, speaking to reporters. File description, Library of Congress: ‘Hopkins slams Gov. Landon. #HarryHopkins, administrator of #FERA & head of #WPA, tells reporters that ➡️
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Harry Hopkins, head of the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration & #WorksProgressAdministration, speaking to reporters. File description, Library of Congress: ‘Hopkins slams Gov. Landon. #HarryHopkins, administrator of #FERA & head of #WPA, tells reporters that ➡️
November 1, 2026 at 8:56 AM
#OTD in 1935
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Harry Hopkins, head of the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration & #WorksProgressAdministration, speaking to reporters. File description, Library of Congress: ‘Hopkins slams Gov. Landon. #HarryHopkins, administrator of #FERA & head of #WPA, tells reporters that ➡️
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Harry Hopkins, head of the #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration & #WorksProgressAdministration, speaking to reporters. File description, Library of Congress: ‘Hopkins slams Gov. Landon. #HarryHopkins, administrator of #FERA & head of #WPA, tells reporters that ➡️
In #OCTOBER 1938
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Heslar Naval Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana. Architect Ben H. Bacon. #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA). Dedicated Oct. 1938.
👉ALT
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#TheNewDeal #InlandNavalArmory #HeslarNavalArmory #ArtModerne #architecture #BenHBacon #indianapolis
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Heslar Naval Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana. Architect Ben H. Bacon. #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA). Dedicated Oct. 1938.
👉ALT
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#TheNewDeal #InlandNavalArmory #HeslarNavalArmory #ArtModerne #architecture #BenHBacon #indianapolis
![image from https://nddaily.blogspot.com/2017/06/
‘The Works Progress Administration built the Inland Naval Armory, also known as the Heslar Naval Armory.
According to historian Glory-June Greiff, “[…] the stunning WPA-built Naval Armory, the work of architect Ben H. Bacon, has graced the bank of the non-navigable White River since before its dedication in October 1938. At the time of that first publication, the glorious Art Moderne building still somewhat served its original function and was gloriously intact outside and in, including the over-the-top nautical decor of the Officers’ Mess. The interior was originally fitted with a simulated navigation bridge and many other accoutrements of a naval vessel. Inside the drill room–essentially a large gymnasium–are four huge murals of famous naval battles by WPA artist Charles Bauerle. Today the building serves as a school.’
- https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/heslar-naval-armory-indianapolis-in/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lcxdn7fcxeec4lw454ihzair/bafkreigqq2lhdrrkwean64aw3pjb2b7sirqjttvt2nlpmpq7eimfh6z3ay)
October 31, 2026 at 6:41 AM
In #OCTOBER 1938
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Heslar Naval Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana. Architect Ben H. Bacon. #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA). Dedicated Oct. 1938.
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#TheNewDeal #InlandNavalArmory #HeslarNavalArmory #ArtModerne #architecture #BenHBacon #indianapolis
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Heslar Naval Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana. Architect Ben H. Bacon. #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA). Dedicated Oct. 1938.
👉ALT
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#TheNewDeal #InlandNavalArmory #HeslarNavalArmory #ArtModerne #architecture #BenHBacon #indianapolis
‘Historic Shrines. Sites of #WPA Projects to Preserve Historic Shrines Include ... #StatueOfLiberty (New York), ....’ *Inventory: An Appraisal of Results of the #WorksProgressAdministration*, Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1938
#StatueofLiberty #restoration
#StatueofLiberty #restoration
October 28, 2026 at 9:59 AM
‘Historic Shrines. Sites of #WPA Projects to Preserve Historic Shrines Include ... #StatueOfLiberty (New York), ....’ *Inventory: An Appraisal of Results of the #WorksProgressAdministration*, Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1938
#StatueofLiberty #restoration
#StatueofLiberty #restoration
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#TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #recreation #SiouxCity #Iowa #FederalArtProject #PosterDivision #GraphicDesign
#TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #recreation #SiouxCity #Iowa #FederalArtProject #PosterDivision #GraphicDesign
October 24, 2026 at 11:42 AM
#OTD in 1938
‘#HolgerCahill, national director of the Federal Art Project, speaking at the #HarlemCommunityArtCenter, October 24, 1938.’ #WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject Photo by #AubreyPollard
Archives of American Art
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#blackandwhitephotography #WPA
‘#HolgerCahill, national director of the Federal Art Project, speaking at the #HarlemCommunityArtCenter, October 24, 1938.’ #WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject Photo by #AubreyPollard
Archives of American Art
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#blackandwhitephotography #WPA
October 24, 2026 at 11:53 AM
#OTD in 1938
‘#HolgerCahill, national director of the Federal Art Project, speaking at the #HarlemCommunityArtCenter, October 24, 1938.’ #WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject Photo by #AubreyPollard
Archives of American Art
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#blackandwhitephotography #WPA
‘#HolgerCahill, national director of the Federal Art Project, speaking at the #HarlemCommunityArtCenter, October 24, 1938.’ #WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject Photo by #AubreyPollard
Archives of American Art
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#blackandwhitephotography #WPA
#OTD in 1938
‘Dedication of #UniversityofArkansas #Stadium. #Fayetteville, #Arkansas’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration project. October 8, 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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‘Dedication of #UniversityofArkansas #Stadium. #Fayetteville, #Arkansas’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration project. October 8, 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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October 8, 2026 at 8:34 AM
#OTD in 1938
‘Dedication of #UniversityofArkansas #Stadium. #Fayetteville, #Arkansas’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration project. October 8, 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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‘Dedication of #UniversityofArkansas #Stadium. #Fayetteville, #Arkansas’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration project. October 8, 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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#OTD in 1936
‘WPA workers under the direction of Dr. Jenks of the University of Minnesota excavating a site near #BrownsValley (#TraverseCounty). United States, #WorksProgressAdministration. September 29, 1936.’
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#archaeology #excavations #WPA #Minnesota
‘WPA workers under the direction of Dr. Jenks of the University of Minnesota excavating a site near #BrownsValley (#TraverseCounty). United States, #WorksProgressAdministration. September 29, 1936.’
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#archaeology #excavations #WPA #Minnesota
September 29, 2026 at 7:36 AM
#OTD in 1936
‘WPA workers under the direction of Dr. Jenks of the University of Minnesota excavating a site near #BrownsValley (#TraverseCounty). United States, #WorksProgressAdministration. September 29, 1936.’
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#archaeology #excavations #WPA #Minnesota
‘WPA workers under the direction of Dr. Jenks of the University of Minnesota excavating a site near #BrownsValley (#TraverseCounty). United States, #WorksProgressAdministration. September 29, 1936.’
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#archaeology #excavations #WPA #Minnesota
#OTD in 1937: a New Deal Dedication (2)
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Dedication by FDR of the Timberline Lodge,
a #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) project built on the south slope of Mt. Hood, Oregon, 1936-1938. #FDR dedicated the Lodge Sept. 28 1937, 5 months before the interior was completed, ➡️
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Dedication by FDR of the Timberline Lodge,
a #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) project built on the south slope of Mt. Hood, Oregon, 1936-1938. #FDR dedicated the Lodge Sept. 28 1937, 5 months before the interior was completed, ➡️
September 28, 2026 at 8:16 AM
#OTD in 1937: a New Deal Dedication (2)
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Dedication by FDR of the Timberline Lodge,
a #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) project built on the south slope of Mt. Hood, Oregon, 1936-1938. #FDR dedicated the Lodge Sept. 28 1937, 5 months before the interior was completed, ➡️
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Dedication by FDR of the Timberline Lodge,
a #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) project built on the south slope of Mt. Hood, Oregon, 1936-1938. #FDR dedicated the Lodge Sept. 28 1937, 5 months before the interior was completed, ➡️
#OTD in 1936
‘Pouring concrete on storage unit. Ogden, Daris Co., Utah.’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration. September 9, 1936.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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#Ogden #Utah
‘Pouring concrete on storage unit. Ogden, Daris Co., Utah.’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration. September 9, 1936.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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#Ogden #Utah
September 9, 2026 at 8:42 AM
#OTD in 1936
‘Pouring concrete on storage unit. Ogden, Daris Co., Utah.’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration. September 9, 1936.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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#Ogden #Utah
‘Pouring concrete on storage unit. Ogden, Daris Co., Utah.’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration. September 9, 1936.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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#Ogden #Utah
#OTD in 1939
‘#WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration [Production Activities]) supervisor instructing Spanish-American woman in weaving of rag rug, #Costilla, #NewMexico’ #WorksProgressAdministration
1 September 1939.
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‘#WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration [Production Activities]) supervisor instructing Spanish-American woman in weaving of rag rug, #Costilla, #NewMexico’ #WorksProgressAdministration
1 September 1939.
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September 1, 2026 at 7:37 AM
#OTD in 1939
‘#WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration [Production Activities]) supervisor instructing Spanish-American woman in weaving of rag rug, #Costilla, #NewMexico’ #WorksProgressAdministration
1 September 1939.
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‘#WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration [Production Activities]) supervisor instructing Spanish-American woman in weaving of rag rug, #Costilla, #NewMexico’ #WorksProgressAdministration
1 September 1939.
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#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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August 29, 2026 at 7:47 AM
#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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![‘Art - Free Neighborhood Classes for Adults ... Enroll Now. Art appreciation - Learn a Hobby - Drawing - Painting - Etching - Clay Modeling - Designing. Also Elementary Subjects & Music.’ WPA Adult Education Program of the Chicago Board of Education. Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education, sponsor. [Chicago], Ill., Federal Art Project, WPA, [1936 or 1937].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lcxdn7fcxeec4lw454ihzair/bafkreiaoek2qlrukhuu72rorqhgykigobtzzibhw22nal6ih5qsi3hfv5a)
August 29, 2026 at 8:31 AM
#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
👉ALT
August 29, 2026 at 8:11 AM
#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
👉ALT
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
👉ALT
August 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
#OTD in 1935
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
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#FDR creates the #FederalArtProject (1935-1943), one of a series (along with the Theatre, Music & Writers’ Projects and the Historical Records Survey) making up Federal Project Number One, itself part of the W.P.A. (#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration).
👉ALT
‘A Trip Around the World at Story Hour Time - Story Hour Club’
WPA Library Center. Made for the WPA Statewide Library Project - Illinois by Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago
#TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #WPAPosters #Chicago #PublicLibraries
WPA Library Center. Made for the WPA Statewide Library Project - Illinois by Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago
#TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #WPAPosters #Chicago #PublicLibraries
August 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM
‘A Trip Around the World at Story Hour Time - Story Hour Club’
WPA Library Center. Made for the WPA Statewide Library Project - Illinois by Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago
#TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #WPAPosters #Chicago #PublicLibraries
WPA Library Center. Made for the WPA Statewide Library Project - Illinois by Illinois WPA Art Project Chicago
#TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #FederalArtProject #WPAPosters #Chicago #PublicLibraries
#OTD in 1936
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WPA worker making posters for Minneapolis Public Library events
#WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject, Poster & Applied Arts Division
28 August 1936
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#NewDeal #WPA #WPAPosters #Minneapolis
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WPA worker making posters for Minneapolis Public Library events
#WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject, Poster & Applied Arts Division
28 August 1936
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#NewDeal #WPA #WPAPosters #Minneapolis
August 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM
#OTD in 1936
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WPA worker making posters for Minneapolis Public Library events
#WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject, Poster & Applied Arts Division
28 August 1936
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#NewDeal #WPA #WPAPosters #Minneapolis
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WPA worker making posters for Minneapolis Public Library events
#WorksProgressAdministration, #FederalArtProject, Poster & Applied Arts Division
28 August 1936
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#NewDeal #WPA #WPAPosters #Minneapolis
The #SanDiegoCoAdministrationCenter is a #WPA or #WorksProgressAdministration building dedicated by #FDR on July 17, 1938. Designed by #SamuelWoodHamill, #WilliamTempletonJohnson, #RichardRequa and #LouisJohnGill, the building is a mix of the #SpanishRevival and #BeauxArts style. #photography #wa
April 11, 2026 at 3:17 AM
The #SanDiegoCoAdministrationCenter is a #WPA or #WorksProgressAdministration building dedicated by #FDR on July 17, 1938. Designed by #SamuelWoodHamill, #WilliamTempletonJohnson, #RichardRequa and #LouisJohnGill, the building is a mix of the #SpanishRevival and #BeauxArts style. #photography #wa
#Mobilelibraries date to the 1850s. The #PackHorseLibrary initiative was part of FDR’s WorksProgressAdministration #WPA; almost all were women. Both undertakings aimed to deliver books to rural areas where no library existed.
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM
#Mobilelibraries date to the 1850s. The #PackHorseLibrary initiative was part of FDR’s WorksProgressAdministration #WPA; almost all were women. Both undertakings aimed to deliver books to rural areas where no library existed.
Frank Weathers Long (7 May 1906 - 22 January 22, 1999) was an American artist and craftsman.
Burnt Out, 1938-1939, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.197
#ArtistBirthday #WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
Burnt Out, 1938-1939, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.197
#ArtistBirthday #WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
May 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Frank Weathers Long (7 May 1906 - 22 January 22, 1999) was an American artist and craftsman.
Burnt Out, 1938-1939, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.197
#ArtistBirthday #WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
Burnt Out, 1938-1939, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Olin Dows, 1978.152.197
#ArtistBirthday #WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
Speeding through towns whose chain stores look as if they had been turned out on an assembly line, the American motorist is unaware of the infinite variety and rich folklore of the American scene … ➡️
#WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
#WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
July 27, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Speeding through towns whose chain stores look as if they had been turned out on an assembly line, the American motorist is unaware of the infinite variety and rich folklore of the American scene … ➡️
#WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
#WorksProgressAdministration #WPA
#OTD in 1935: the Federal Writers’ Project inaugurated
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#TheNewDeal’s #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) set up Federal Project Number One to help provide public employment for artists who could not find work in music, theater, and writing, as well as the visual arts.
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#TheNewDeal’s #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) set up Federal Project Number One to help provide public employment for artists who could not find work in music, theater, and writing, as well as the visual arts.
July 27, 2026 at 12:13 PM
#OTD in 1935: the Federal Writers’ Project inaugurated
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#TheNewDeal’s #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) set up Federal Project Number One to help provide public employment for artists who could not find work in music, theater, and writing, as well as the visual arts.
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#TheNewDeal’s #WorksProgressAdministration (#WPA) set up Federal Project Number One to help provide public employment for artists who could not find work in music, theater, and writing, as well as the visual arts.