#OTD in 1936
'Close-up of #WPA workers laying blocks on North Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts’
(cleaning & repairs in the wake of historic floods in the region that year)
Photographer Unknown
Mar. 23, 1936
#TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #workrelief #blackandwhitephotography
These piers were renumbered in 1944 as Piers 63 and 63 and later lost their pier sheds.’ 21 March 1935.
#GreatDepression #FERA #Seattle #Washington #TheNewDeal #workrelief #blackandwhitephotography
‘The New Deal Ice Palace; #LakeBemidji, #Minnesota’
Civil Works Administration. March 1934.
The larger FERA (1933), then the WPA (1935), would continue to provide (less idealistic) work relief.
#CWA #TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #workrelief #NRA #NationalRecoveryAdministration
#FEBRUARY 1936: #TheNewDeal & #cartoons
'It's his first day. He's certainly making an ass of himself.'
Cartoon by Robert Day from *Life*, February 1936.
#Cartoonist #RobertDay mocks public-sector work relief, here a #WPA project.
#GreatDepression #workrelief
MS 359: L-0207-N https://utsalibrariestopshelf.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/restoration-of-mission-san-jose/
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
‘Photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins in the back seat of an automobile in Rochester, Minnesota, after visiting son James Roosevelt in hospital. FDR arrived in Rochester September 11, 1938 and departed September 14, 1938.’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Hopkins
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#GreatDepression #relief #workrelief #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration #CivilWorksAdministration #CWA #WorksProgressAdministration #WPA #HarryHopkins
#CivilWorksAdministration workers prepare to rebuild the north wall of the mission church. February 1934. #MissionSanJose, #SanAntonio #restoration #blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CWA #workrelief
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. image from http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&q=WPA 30.7.20
WPA Toy Lending Libraries all over the country. Some are placed in #WPA Nursery Schools. At Christmas many are given to #SantaClaus to distribute to underprivileged children for their very own. 1935.’
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #WorkRelief #toys
Civil Works Administration Project No. 60-55-T5, Malaria Control--Near North Little Rock, Ark. Group at left front: G.E. Jones, local super, malaria control; R.L. Lester, forman; Willie Walker, Gen'l foreman; C.H. Wheat, foreman; Alfred Downs, foreman. 1934. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&q=civil+ 28.7.20 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Civil_Works_Administration_in_Arkansas#/media/File:CWA,_%22Malaria_Control_-_Near_North_Little_Rock,_Arkansas%22_-_NARA_-_196535.tif
“Harry Hopkins and Work Relief During the Great Depression”
socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/great-d...
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#GreatDepression #relief #workrelief #CivilWorksAdministration #HarryHopkins #FDR #blackandwhitephotography
Work-relief projects funded by the NewDeal’s Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) were often concerned with the maintenance and repairs of buildings and infrastructure.
#NewDeal #workrelief #relief #NewDeal #FERA #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration #Tukwila
#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
#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
In #JULY 1936
‘WPA workers building a school on the eastern shore of Maryland.’ July 1936.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #WPA #workrelief #schoolbuilding #Maryland
University of Maryland College Park Archives
‘Street railroad track being set on Beacon Avenue, Seattle, July 25, 1934’
#publictransport #Seattle #urbantransport #streetcars #trams #trolleys #masstransit #theNewDeal #FERA #workrelief
‘Street railroad concrete slabs being set on Beacon Avenue, Seattle, July 25, 1934’
#publictransport #Seattle #urbantransport #streetcars #trams #trolleys #masstransit #theNewDeal #FERA #workrelief
Sewing Project. Works Progress Administration. N.D.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #WPA #WorksProgressAdministration #workrelief
#OTD in 1936
'Close-up of #WPA workers laying blocks on North Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts’
(cleaning & repairs in the wake of historic floods in the region that year)
Photographer Unknown
Mar. 23, 1936
#TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #workrelief #blackandwhitephotography
These piers were renumbered in 1944 as Piers 63 and 63 and later lost their pier sheds.’ 21 March 1935.
#GreatDepression #FERA #Seattle #Washington #TheNewDeal #workrelief #blackandwhitephotography
‘The New Deal Ice Palace; Lake Bemidji, Minnesota’
Civil Works Administration. March 1934.
The larger FERA (1933), then the WPA (1935), would continue to provide (less idealistic) work relief.
#CWA #TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #workrelief #NRA #NationalRecoveryAdministration #LakeBemidji #Minnesota
#FEBRUARY 1936: #TheNewDeal & #cartoons
'It's his first day. He's certainly making an ass of himself.'
Cartoon by Robert Day from *Life*, February 1936.
#Cartoonist #RobertDay mocks public-sector work relief, here a #WPA project.
#GreatDepression #workrelief
In #FEBRUARY 1935
🧵👇
#MissionSanJose, #SanAntonio - reconstruction & #restoration - 1932-1937
#FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration (#FERA) workers construct a concrete dome on the mission church, February 1935.
#blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #workrelief
#CivilWorksAdministration workers prepare to rebuild the north wall of the mission church. February 1934. #MissionSanJose, #SanAntonio #restoration #blackandwhitephotography #GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CWA #workrelief
