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Date added: November 17, 2012; Modified: September 3, 2014
“James Newell had produced several public murals by 1940 when the U.S. Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts commissioned him to create a mural for the post office in Dolgeville, New York. He researched the history of Dolgeville before designing… read more
Date added: November 14, 2012; Modified: September 3, 2014
“In addition to its architectural importance, the [downtown post office in Bay Shore, New York] contains a noteworthy relief sculpture entitled Speed by Wheeler Williams that was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture in 1936. This was… read more
Date added: March 28, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
State Rt. 113, Evans Notch Rd. from North Chatham to Gilead, was originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) in 1936 under the US Forest Service and, while scenic, can be narrow and winding. It was constructed from a… read more
Date added: January 7, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
New Deal funds aided in the construction a dam north of Abilene on Elm Creek, resulting in the creation of Lake Fort Phantom Hill. The lake continues to be “the city’s main water source.” Sources do not indicate exactly which… read more
Date added: June 5, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
What today is the Elm Street Junior High was the Nashua senior high school until 1975. In the Town Report for 1936, Mayor Alvin A. Lucier wrote in his summary for the year: “In the latter part of 1935, the… read more
Date added: April 22, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
“BUTLER – Work is expected to start soon on the erecting of a dam for the proposed Kakeout reservoir. Engineering details have been completed under the direction of Cornelius C. Vermeule, engineer of the Butler Borough Water works. Three hundred… read more
Date added: December 6, 2013; Modified: August 29, 2014
SERA Project #1E B3 737: “This project opened December 21, 1934 and consisted of the construction of a one-story frame and stucco community building with shingle roof. It also consisted of grading and landscaping the grounds around the building.” The… read more
Date added: December 15, 2013; Modified: August 29, 2014
1 of 4 schools rebuilt following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake by the Garvey School District in Los Angeles and L.A.C.R.A. (Los Angeles County Relief Agency). “Project #1 B20 478 LACRA Labor $19,226.00 Sponsor $12,140.00 The exterior brick walls of… read more
Date added: March 10, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
“Project #1 B4 662 Lincoln School La Verne Opened Nov 27, 34 Closed March 20, 35 Attached pictures are views taken at Lincoln School, and are typical of the various school jobs accomplished under this project.” 5 photos depict landscaping… read more
Date added: March 23, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
“In 1938, the newly created State Park Commission (which had been formed in 1935) recommended that the State accept a gift of 100 acres of land near Presque Isle. This became Aroostook State Park, the first in the State Park… read more
Date added: March 9, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
1 of 4 school reconstruction projects including Willard, Monterey Vista, and Emerson schools that were supervised by the Garvey School District in Los Angeles, with some funding, and labor provided by L.A.C.R.A. (Los Angeles County Relief Agency) that rebuilt following… read more
Date added: December 15, 2013; Modified: August 29, 2014
1 of 4 schools including Monterey Vista, John Marshall, & Emerson that were rebuilt following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake by the Garvey School District of Los Angeles and L.A.C.R.A (Los Angeles County Relief Agency). Listed at Project #1 B3… read more
Date added: December 13, 2013; Modified: August 29, 2014
1 of 4 schools that included Emerson, Willard, and Marshal schools within the Garvey School District of Los Angeles that were rebuilt following the 1933 Long Beach earthquake under the supervision and sponsorship of the school district. L.A.C.R.A. (Los Angeles… read more
Date added: December 3, 2013; Modified: August 29, 2014
WPA Project #1 B13 905 A concrete lined storm drain that runs from through San Marino to the Alhambra Wash. The images shown here run from North to South along the wash in the order displayed. To see a map… read more
Date added: May 14, 2014; Modified: August 29, 2014
“The year 1938 is most remembered for the devastating hurricane and subsequent floods, but this was also the year steps were taken that resulted in a new library building being built. Although an urgent need for expanded library facilities had… read more