Edith Hamlin photographs of murals

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Edith Hamlin photographs of murals

1937.0

Six photographs showing Hamlin at work on Federal Art Project murals for the Mission High School Library in San Francisco, 1937.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6760071

Archives of American Art

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Federal Art Project (Calif.)

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The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the prece...

Hamlin, Edith Redman, 1872-1947

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Mural painter; San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Edith Hamlin and Dorothy Cravath, 1964 May 27 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82155902 Edith Hamlin (1902-1992) was a painter and muralist from San Francisco, Calif. Worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration during the Depression. From the description of Edith Hamlin photographs of murals, 1937. (Unknown...