Works Progress Administration photographic negative collection, 1937-1939.

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Works Progress Administration photographic negative collection, 1937-1939.

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Photographic negatives of street scenes, federal music project, tenements, Sixth Avenue subway construction, Jews on Sabbath, sewing projects, Coney Island, food markets and activities relating to food, general outdoor markets, Harlem street scenes depicting blacks, and a deserted pier on the New York waterfront. Photographs are identified.

1.2 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6876415

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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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...

Museum of the city of New York

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The Works Progress Administration sponsored seven photographers for the Federal Art Project for specific projects in New York City. From the description of Works Progress Administration photographic negative collection, 1937-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155487078 Incorporated in 1923 to collect objects which illustrate the growth and progress of New York City and to educate the public about the city's history. From the description of Records, 1927-1985. (...