Photographs of Canal Bank WPA mural, ca. 1996.

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Photographs of Canal Bank WPA mural, ca. 1996.

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Five color photographs of the WPA mural at Canal Bank in Portland, Me.

5 photographs.

Maine Historical Society Library

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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...

Canal National Bank (Portland, Me.)

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In 1821 a combination of local merchants chartered the Cumberland and Oxford Canal which connected the port with Lake Sebago. Canal Bank was begun in 1825 to finance the project. From the description of Canal National Bank collection, ca. 1813-1982. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 686700829 ...