CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1937, the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Airways and Airports Division organized an airport inspection trip to review work undertaken at ...

At the height of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA), part of his New Deal. The purpose was to put America back to work. It was estimated that ...

During the 1930s and early 1940s, in the midst of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) put millions ...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for millions of people in the United States during a time of great uncertainty. Overland Trail Museum explored how the WPA started and its many ...

Over 90 years ago on April 8, 1935, Congress established the Works Progress Administration as part of President Franklin ...

WPA poster for the Second Annual Exhibition of the Sioux City Camera Club (1939), Iowa Federal Art Project, silkscreen (all images via Work Projects Administration Poster Collection of the Library of ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Roxbury Bandshell has been a staple in Johnstown since it opened in 1939 as part of President Roosevelt’s Work Progress Administration. The goal was to get people back into ...