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The Fearless Federal Theater
Compared to the New Deal’s overall expenditures, the budget of the WPA arts projects was laughably small, and the Federal Theater Project’s was even smaller—a mere tenth of one percent. But the Federal Theater, begun in 1935 under the bold… read more
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Hot Off the Press! The New Deal Map & Guide to Washington DC
Two years in the works, the LND’s Map & Guide to the Art and Architecture of the New Deal in Washington DC. is now available. It features 500 New Deal sites in and around the District, dozens of descriptions and… read more
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New Deal Exhibit at the Royal Philatelic Society in London
Charles Epting, President and CEO of H.R. Harmer, will be showing his collection of mail and other postal history from the era of New Deal to the Royal Philatelic Society in London. During the New Deal era, Postmaster General James… read more
New Deal Today

The Mural So Controversial, Nixon Tried to Remove It
by GRAY BRECHIN | OCTOBER 4, 2021. Originally published in Zocalo Public Square 75 Years Later, ‘War and Peace’ Survives, But Its Ideals Have Not As multiple crises pile atop one another in the young 21st century, a tripartite mural at a former San Francisco post… read more
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Living New Deal NYC Chapter: Historical Signs Project
In 2020, the Living New Deal NYC Chapter began a collaboration with the NYC Parks to install new signage at New York City public facilities that were built in 1930s by New Deal agencies. Limited evidence remains today of the… read more
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Living New Deal Events
- SFMOMA – June 16, 2022 – Printmaking and the WPA.
Hear from artist, master printer, and educator Thomas Wojak on the importance and development of printmaking during the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which operated from 1935 to 1943. After an introduction by the exhibition’s curators, Wojak will highlight select prints on view… read more
Hi Stephanie, I'm looking at the PDFs regarding the State Police history that I downloaded from Michigan's website a few… »