Galveston (Texas) WPA guide illustrations, 1936-1940 1940.

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Galveston (Texas) WPA guide illustrations, 1936-1940 1940.

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The Galveston (Texas) WPA Guide Illustrations is composed of 122 photographs of Galveston buildings and scenes and 29 pen-and-ink drawings relating to Galveston and was compiled by the Works Progress Administration in 1940 for the Galveston City Guide of the American Guide Series.

122 photographic prints; 29 drawings.

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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...

P. Verkin Studios.

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