Photographs, 1930-1940.

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Photographs, 1930-1940.

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Portraits of Engard, Vanessa Helder, and others connected with the Spokane Art Center, created through funds from Works Progress Administration and the Federal Arts Project.

3 Photographs : b&w, some mounted ; 3 x 5; 8 x 10.

Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7452080

Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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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...

Eastern Washington State Historical Society. Research Library and Archives

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Maxine & Reinard,

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Engard, Robert O.

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Robert Engard was an artist associated with the Spokane Art Center/WPA artists program. From the description of Papers, 1939-1948. (Eastern Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 43027377 ...

U.S. Federal Arts Project.

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Helder, Vanessa.

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Spokane Art Center

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Art school and gallery; Spokane, Wash. Created in 1937 under State of Washington Federal Art Project, the Art Center offered free classes to the community, and displayed travelling WPA exhibits. It closed in 1942 as a result of lack of support due to wartime economies. From the description of Spokane Art Center records, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502532 Spokane Art Center is an art institute in Spokane, Wash. From the description of Oral history...