American Hands in Action Photograph Album 1939

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American Hands in Action Photograph Album 1939

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The Works Progress Administration, later known as the Works Project Administration, was established as a federal agency by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935. It was established as a relief measure during the Great Depression to provide employment to people of both sexes and all races at a variety of skill levels. The album documents the WPA exhibition, held at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, April 25 to May 14, 1939. Americans Hands in Action,

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Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum (Fort Worth, Tex.)

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