Index to photograph files, 1936-1943.

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Index to photograph files, 1936-1943.

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Contains an index to the WPA photograph files. The index is comprised of "photograph records". Each card lists title, description, date, negative number, and size of print, the number of duplicates, the book for which it was intended, credit line to be used when published (i.e. Writers' or Art Project) and "file classification". Although the photographer's name is generally not listed on the cards, it can be found on the reverse of the print.

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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...

Federal Writers' Project. New York (N.Y.)

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United States Federal Art Project

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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