Source/Photographer:Archives of American Art, Smiths https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WPA-Mural-Power-Eric-Mose-2.jpg

in the library can explain its design.’
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #blackandwhitephotography #EricMose #AmericanArt #Bronx #GompersHighSchool #mural #FrescoSecco

image and words quoted from http://www.archelaus-cards.com/retail/archives/20090321.php

In #APRIL 1934
#TheNewDeal in cartoons
🧵👇
‘The Sower (after Millet)’ #GregorDuncan, *Life*, April 1934
‘At first glance, this cartoon...might appear critical of the president, as he casually strews billions of dollars around, but such an interpretation ignores the necessary ➡️

*Changing New York* series, Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #Tribeca #NewYorkTelephoneBuilding #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#BereniceAbbott #LowerManhattan #FinancialDistrict #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. April 8, 1936.
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#BereniceAbbott #LowerManhattan #FinancialDistrict #RadioRow #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography

The craft lodges in Cabin Camp 1, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia.’ NPS Photo ‘Four of the five cabin camps in Prince William Forest Park are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Each camp is composed of group of wood, stone, and brick structures constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration workers of the Great Depression. The camps were built as summer camps that the government hoped would instill the poor children of Washington, DC with the 'character and health-building' benefits of the great outdoors. ... Cabin Camp 1 was the first camp completed by the CCC. It sleeps 151 visitors. Its dining hall and craft lodges are some of the best examples of rustic architecture in the park. Stone foundations and fireplaces and whole log supports showcase the beautiful native materials used by the CCC in construction.’ https://www.nps.gov/prwi/planyourvisit/group-cabin-camping.htm 16.3.21

‘The craft lodges in Cabin Camp 1, #PrinceWilliamForest Park, Virginia.’
👉ALT
NPS Photo
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC

http://kswildlife.org/ww/remembering-the-civilian-conservation-corps-on-labor-day/

‘The CCC built this low-water bridge across Rock Creek in the late 30s. #BoylePark, #PulaskiCounty, Little Rock, Arkansas.’ Photo by Eric Hunt.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC

https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-civilian-conservation-corps-at-cedar-breaks.htm?utm_source=article&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=experience_more&utm

‘CCC Built Overlook Building at Brian Head Peak. #CedarBreaksNationalMonument, #ZionNationalPark.’ NPS Photo.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC

National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/trailblazing/the-new-deal

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys enrolled
PART 9
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - a few results
‘Civilian Conservation Corps workers complete construction of a new Visitor Center at South Dakota’s #WindCaveNationalPark. Ca. 1936’
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps

Construction of comfort station by CCC labor in Crater Lake NP, 1938.’ http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/index-of-images/the-nps-focus-collection/focus-04/focus-ccc-camps/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 8
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
7. Landscape and recreation: Public camp & picnic ground development, lake & pond site clearing and development
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography

‘Fire Fighting. Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees on the fire line in a big forest fire in the west. During the first seven years of its operation, April 1933-1940, the CCC spent more than 5 1/2 million man-days in fighting forest fires. This is an arduous job calling for coordinated effort, obedience, and courage. An additional 5 million man-days was spent in fire prevention and pre-suppression work.’ 1933. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 7
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
6. Forest protection: fire prevention, fire pre-suppression, firefighting, insect and disease control
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #forestfires

‘CCC enrollees carrying transplants to the fields, Shasta National Forest.’ Description/Notes: USFS photo #413770. Original Collection: Gerald W. Williams Collection. Item Number: WilliamsG:CCC_planting seedlings https://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3226944202/in/faves-15415730@N03/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 6
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
5. Forest culture: planting trees and shrubs, timber stand improvement, seed collection, nursery work
By 1942 over 3 billion trees had been planted
👉ALT
#TheNewDeal #forestry #reforestation

Here men from the Emergency Conservation Works Carbon River Camp clear debris from a channel in Mount Rainier National Park. Note the burning slash and the use of hand tools.’ (ca. 1934-35) http://www.archives.gov/seattle/exhibit/picturing-the-century/great-depression.html

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 5
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
4. Flood control: irrigation, drainage, dams, ditching, channel work, riprapping
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #floodcontrol

‘CCC--Third Corps Area (PA, MD, VA, DC), Sodding, Co. 5445, Camp A-4, Beltsville, MD. Civilian Conservation Corps, Third Corps Area: Beltsville, Maryland, Co. 5445 - sodding. 1933.’ http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 4
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
3. Erosion control: check dams, terracing, and vegetable covering
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #erosion

'CCC activities--Roadside clearing, Boise National Forest, Idaho.' Civilian Conservation Corps in Idaho, Boise National Forest. 1933. image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gerald_W._Williams_Collection#/media/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 3
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
2. Transportation: Truck trails, minor roads, foot trails and airport landing fields
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC

‘CCC crew erecting telephone line, Fremont National Forest, Oregon.’ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gerald_W._Williams_Collection#/media/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys enrolled PART 2
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
1. Structural improvements: bridges, fire lookout towers, telephone lines, and service buildings
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps

Ca. 1940. John Garth. image from https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/a342lf/achievements_of_the_civilian_conservation_corps/ 22.3.21

By 1942 more than 2.5 million men were employed in more than 4,500 camps across the 48 states and the territories.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC
Projects largely fell under 7 general categories: #CCCBoys PARTS 2-9

FDR commented at top that the $1.92/day cost per man was “absurdly high - It must be greatly reduced”.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library and Museum
image from www.archives.gov/publications...
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #FDR #USArmy #RobertFechner

#OTD in 1933
‘UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT
Issued April 5, 1933
all persons are required to deliver
ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 1933
all GOLD COIN, GOLD BULLION, AND GOLD CERTIFICATES ...’
#FDR #GoldStandard #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #bankingcrisis

#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #TVA #TennesseeValleyAuthority #NorrisDam #UrbanPlanning #TownPlanning #design

The Mountain Theatre a crown jewel of the Civilian Conservation Corps #mountaintheatre #mttamalpais #mttamalpaisstatepark #civilianconservationcorps #thenewdeal

#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #Midtown #StBartholomews #WaldorfAstoria #GeneralElectricBuilding #TheNewDeal #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #urbanphotography #architecture #blackandwhitephotography
#ParkAvenue #photographers

*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), #FederalArtProject. April 2, 1936.
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #Midtown #StBartholomews #WaldorfAstoria #GeneralElectricBuilding #TheNewDeal #WPA #photographyart #urbanphotography #architecture #blackandwhitephotography

#OTD in 1934
‘Easter’
Illustration by J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
Cover of *The Saturday Evening Post*, Mar. 31, 1934
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JCLeyendecker #TheNewDeal #NRA #NationalRecoveryAdministration #mensfashion #womensfashion #GreatDepression

#TheNewDeal #WPA #education #adulteducation #literacy #blackandwhitephotography #SterlingLibrary #Cleveland

#OTD in 1940
Chicago Public Library Week March 30-April 5 -- The Public Library - an American Institution
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #publiclibraries

‘Completed [flat-roofed cinder-block] houses. #Greenbelt, #Maryland’ March 1937
Photographer Edwin Locke
#ResettlementAdministration #TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #urbanplanning #urbandevelopment #townplanning #EdwinLocke #blackandwhitephotography #housing #housedesign

In #MARCH 1937
👇🧵
Aerial photograph of Greenbelt, Maryland, a new town and community planned and built by the Suburban Division of the #ResettlementAdministration, under construction, March 1937.
#blackandwhitephotography #TheNewDeal #aerialphotography #Greenbelt #Maryland

In #MARCH 1936
👇🧵
Work progresses on sewage line near sewage disposal plant, #Greenbelt #Maryland, new town and community planned and built by the Suburban Division of the #ResettlementAdministration.
Photographer Paul Carter. March 1936.
#TheNewDeal

Mother of seven, #FlorenceThompson, seated, with three of her daughters and holding her baby.
#blackandwhitephotography #DorotheaLange #TheNewDeal #ResettlementAdministration
#GreatDepression #migrantworkers #dustbowlrefugees #California #blackandwhitephotography