President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) by executive order in 1935 as a part of his New Deal. The WPA acted as a work-relief program hiring unemployed citizens to build roads, bridges, airports, public parks, and other public facilities. WPA programs also included the federal art, music, theater, and writer’s projects. People were also employed for other tasks, including sewing, bookbinding and working in schools.
Works Progress Administration District 8 scrapbook and photo album 1940-1941. MS 1250.Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society
Works Progress Administrative District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society.
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society.
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society.
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society.
Works Progress Administration District 8 Scrapbook and Photo Album, 1940-1941. MS 1250 Georgia Historical Society.
