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Harvest Time, artist Brad Godell's 2011 mural in Cortez, Colorado, suggesting Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals during the Great Depression

Harvest Time, artist Brad Godell's 2011 mural in Cortez, Colorado, sug...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mural depicts the gathering of peaches, a delicacy so renowned in the Montezuma County area that they won a gold medal at the 1904... More

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 69, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

Fort Des Moines Historic Complex, Building No. 69, Des Moines, Polk Co...

Significance: This one-story classical revival style structure fronted on Thayer Street and stood between the fronts of Buildings Nos. 68 and 70. Completed on February 24, 1905, at a cost of $3,945, its walls ... More

DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

A 2016 HALS HEROES PROJECT. The Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) generously funds a program administered by the Northern California Chapter of the Historic Amer... More

Irwin House, Read & Broad Streets, Milton, Caswell County, NC

Irwin House, Read & Broad Streets, Milton, Caswell County, NC

Survey number: HABS NC-114 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the road. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade. Advanced tuberculosis, victim of an occupational disease. Ineligible for WPA (Works Progress Administration), rated as totally disabled. As a state charge under Oklahoma relief standards, the family were told the maximum relief would be seven dollars every two weeks. They lost their home, their furniture, took to the road a year ago and when the photographs were made they were found to be without money, shelter, and without food for the four children

Migrant family from Oklahoma in Texas. A family of six alongside the r...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relief agencies. The father, aged thirty-five, is an intelligent fellow, a painter by trade. Advanced tuberculosis, victim of an occupational disease. Ineligible for WPA (Works Progress Administration), rated as totally disabled. As a state charge under Oklahoma relief standards, the family were told the maximum relief would be seven dollars every two weeks. They lost their home, their furniture,

Oklahoma migrant, Texas. An example of how they fall between the relie...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Rugs from WPA (Works Progress Administration), Colorado; finger weaving from Vermont and North Carolina; woven towels from Southern Highlands; pottery from Steads, North Carolina; fabrics from Southern Highlands and Farm Security; luncheon set and embroidered runner from New Hampshire; miniature weaving set from North Dakota; bags from all parts of the

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

Title and other information from captions accompanying prints in lot and from lot card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information... More

Child of Frank Weeks, WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Near Williston, North Dakota

Child of Frank Weeks, WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Near...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Madison County Fairgrounds, U.S. Highway 41, Twin Bridges, Madison County, MT

Madison County Fairgrounds, U.S. Highway 41, Twin Bridges, Madison Cou...

1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: These buildings were constructed by the WPA during 1936-37 for the purpose of accommodating an agricultural fair at Twin Bridges. The style of the... More

Residence of John Scott near Ringgold County, Iowa. He is a hired farm hand, but has had no recent work other than Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Residence of John Scott near Ringgold County, Iowa. He is a hired farm...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Family of James Strunk, farmer. Works for WPA (Works Progress Administration), earns forty-four dollars per month, drives twenty-six miles to work fourteen days per month. Car expense comes out of the forty-four dollars. Has eight children, four of them at home. Wheelock, North Dakota

Family of James Strunk, farmer. Works for WPA (Works Progress Administ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

The mail must go through. Lineup of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers during the flood at Cairo, Illinois

The mail must go through. Lineup of Works Progress Administration (WPA...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Baby of Frank Weeks, WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Near Williston, North Dakota

Baby of Frank Weeks, WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Near ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers and families, Charleston, West Virginia

Home of old and sick mine foreman and WPA (Works Progress Administrati...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

An old black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of a man working on a machine, West Virgi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and a child, possibly related to: Former coal miner, worked twelve years for Chaplin Coal Company as hand loader. He and several others complained to company about conditions not being up to NRA (National Recovery Administration) standards. All lost jobs, he is now on WPA (Works Progress Administration) at thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents per month, Scotts Run, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a man and a child, possibly related to: For...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a machine, possibly related to: Flower garden in front yard of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's home, South Charleston, West Virginia

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a machine, possi...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

An old photo of a woman washing her hands, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a woman washing her hands, West Virginia. Farm Securit...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a houseboat on the water, West Virginia. Farm Security...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A baby sitting on a bed in a room, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A baby sitting on a bed in a room, West Virginia. Farm Security Admini...

Additional information on caption card: See 50119-D, 50129-D. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1... More

A black and white photo of a child on a bed, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a child on a bed, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A black and white photo of a group of people, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a group of people, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of two children sitting on the ground, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of two children sitting on the ground, West Vi...

Additional information on caption card: See 30090-M4, 30089-M5, 30088-M1. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington... More

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a chair, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a chair, West Virginia. ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, West Virginia. Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, possibly related to: Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker, Charleston, West Virginia

A woman standing next to a bunch of buckets, possibly related to: Wife...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A couple of kids sitting on top of a bed, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of kids sitting on top of a bed, West Virginia. Farm Security...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

An old black and white photo of a man and a woman, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of a man and a woman, West Virginia. Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, West Virginia. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old photo of two men standing outside of a building, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of two men standing outside of a building, West Virginia....

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A couple of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing instructor. Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administrat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Arvin camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA) California. A small library in camp with Works Progress Administration (WPA) librarian in charge is now available to agricultural workers. Part of the program for recreational and education instituted in all government camps for migratory farm families

Arvin camp for migrant workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA) Cali...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Children of refugee families now on Works Progress Administration (WPA). They live in tents on the flats outside of Bakersfield, California

Children of refugee families now on Works Progress Administration (WPA...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Ex-farm family, now on Works Progress Administration (WPA). On U.S. 64, eastern Oklahoma

Ex-farm family, now on Works Progress Administration (WPA). On U.S. 64...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

An old photo of a child in a bed, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a child in a bed, West Virginia. Farm Security Adminis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and a child, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and a child, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a house, West...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

An old black and white photo of two men and a woman, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old black and white photo of two men and a woman, West Virginia. Fa...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of people on a boat, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of people on a boat, West Virginia. Farm Secur...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of two men standing outside of a building Farmers of Great Depression. Dust bowl refugees, Resettlement program.

A black and white photo of two men standing outside of a building Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A black and white photo of people standing outside of a house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of people standing outside of a house, West Vi...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A couple of kids sitting on top of a dirt field, possibly related to: Children of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker, South Charleston, West Virginia

A couple of kids sitting on top of a dirt field, possibly related to: ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's wife washing clothes in front yard. South Charleston, West Virginia

WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's wife washing clothes in f...

Additional information on caption card: See 30097-M2. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Mor... More

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair, West Virginia. ...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs on the plains, in the brush, and in many cheap auto trailer camps of Kern County, California, reflect the shortage of housing for low income workers

Housing of families living on Works Progress Administration (WPA) jobs...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker living on riverboat, Charleston, West Virginia

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker living on riverboat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and two children, West Virginia. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a chair, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman sitting on a chair, West Virginia. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Front yard of WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers' shacks, South Charleston, West Virginia

Front yard of WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers' shacks, Sou...

Additional information on caption card: See 30088-M1. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Mor... More

A couple of kids sitting on top of a dirt field, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A couple of kids sitting on top of a dirt field, West Virginia. Farm S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of children, kids, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of people on a boat. World War Two Era FSA/OWI Photograph.

A black and white photo of people on a boat. World War Two Era FSA/OWI...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of people on a boat, possibly related to: Family living on riverboat, Charleston, West Virginia. Husband now on WPA (Works Progress Administration) labor

A black and white photo of people on a boat, possibly related to: Fami...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a woman holding a baby, West Virginia. Farm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A little girl standing in front of a dog house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A little girl standing in front of a dog house, West Virginia. Farm Se...

Additional information on caption card: See 30089-M3 and 30089-M5. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More

WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's wife washing clothes in front yard. South Charleston, West Virginia

WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker's wife washing clothes in f...

Additional information on caption card: See 30097-M2. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Mor... More

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a house, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman in front of a house, West...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Negative has a hole punch made by FSA st... More

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administration (WPA) sewing instructor. Shafter camp for migratory agricultural workers (Farm Security Administration-FSA), California

Camper receives help in fitting a coat from Works Progress Administrat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months now on Works Progress Administration (WPA), receives fifty-five dollars a month. No house available in nearest town under twenty dollars a month

Migratory family from Louisiana, been in California eighteen months no...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

An old photo of a man standing in a door way, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of a man standing in a door way, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an old truck, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an old truck, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

Additional information on caption card: See 30088-M1. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. Mor... More

An old photo of two men standing outside of a building, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

An old photo of two men standing outside of a building, West Virginia....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicken coop belonging to a WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) worker who was a farmer until five years ago. Near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Chicken coop belonging to a WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Pro...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) weaving project supervisor making skeins of thread. Costilla, New Mexico

WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) weavin...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Massachusetts meeting called to discuss ways and means for raising county fund in order to continue WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) roadwork. San Augustine, Texas

Massachusetts meeting called to discuss ways and means for raising cou...

Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ... More

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Former coal miner, now working on WPA (Works Progress Administration). Zeigler, Illinois

Former coal miner, now working on WPA (Works Progress Administration)....

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American woman carding wool at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman carding wool at WPA (Works Progress Administrat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Home of Negro WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) worker. Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Home of Negro WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Ingredients used for dying of wool used at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) weaving project. Costilla, New Mexico. They are indigo, nitric acid, powdered alum, bark, burdock root, cochineal and walnut husks

Ingredients used for dying of wool used at WPA (Works Progress Adminis...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Williamson County, Illinois

WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Williamson County, Illino...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of farmer now on WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) roadwork making blackberry pie. Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Wife of farmer now on WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Children of WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) workers living in Arkansas River bottoms near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Children of WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administra...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American woman spinning woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman spinning woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress A...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Massachusetts meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers parading up Market Street. San Francisco, California. The meeting was held in protest to cuts make by Congress in relief appropriations

Massachusetts meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers p...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Tulare County, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers. Nursery school children with their teacher, who is assigned to the camp by Works Progress Administration (WPA). Steel shelters in background

Tulare County, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) worker and her child who live in the Arkansas River bottoms near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Wife of WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Sons of day laborers. Some of their fathers were agricultural workers and some were dispossessed tenant farmers now on WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration). The WPA work is holding many of these former tenant farmers in their communities, but they are all potential migrants. None of these children had ever attended school. The camp was near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Sons of day laborers. Some of their fathers were agricultural workers ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American girl makes skein of woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American girl makes skein of woolen thread at WPA (Works Progr...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Williamson County, Illinois

WPA (Works Progress Administration) project. Williamson County, Illino...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Corner of bedroom of farm family who are now on WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration). Near Sallisaw, Oklahoma. Notice crowded conditions

Corner of bedroom of farm family who are now on WPA (Works Progress Ad...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Alliance, Works Progress Administration (WPA) organize simultaneous demonstrations in the large cities of the nation cut in the relief appropriation by the United States Congress

In front of city hall, San Francisco, California. The Worker's Allianc...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers protesting congressional cut of relief appropriations. San Francisco, California

Listening to speeches at mass meeting of Works Progress Administration...

Annotation on original negative jacket: DL. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informat... More

Spanish-American girl threading the loom at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) weaving project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American girl threading the loom at WPA (Works Progress Admini...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Former coal miner, now working on WPA (Works Progress Administration). Zeigler, Illinois

Former coal miner, now working on WPA (Works Progress Administration)....

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American women, members of the WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) weaving project at Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American women, members of the WPA (Works Progress Administrat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) supervisor instructing Spanish-American woman in weaving of rag rug. WPA project. Costilla, New Mexico

WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) superv...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Son of WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) worker swinging. The father is a former tenant farmer, now on WPA. These are potential and probable migrants. Webbers Falls, Oklahoma

Son of WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration)...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman weaving rag rug at WPA (Works Progress Administ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Bush, Illinois

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Bush, Illinois

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

House which adjoins that of family described in 19553-E. There are approximately one hundred such homes, each with about an acre at Highway City, California, which show various degrees of ability in self resettlement. Nearly all are on Works Progress Administration (WPA)

House which adjoins that of family described in 19553-E. There are app...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Bush, Illinois

Wife of WPA (Works Progress Administration) worker. Bush, Illinois

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Spanish-American woman spinning woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico

Spanish-American woman spinning woolen thread at WPA (Works Progress A...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Electronic surrogate made from item with the same number in the LC-USF34 series. Transfer; United States... More

Massachusetts meeting called to discuss ways and means for raising county fund in order to continue WPA (Works Progress AdministrationWork Projects Administration) roadwork. San Augustine, Texas

Massachusetts meeting called to discuss ways and means for raising cou...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

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