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Hide Search OptionsDate added: October 28, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
From 1938 to 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) operated a sewing project in Hillsborough, NH, to making clothing for the needy while providing work for the unemployed.
Date added: November 18, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
A 1939 Town report notes efforts at unemployment relief. REPORT OF OVERSEER OF THE POOR It is gratifying to us all, to know that unemployed men and women of Candia are put to work as soon as possible through the… read more
Date added: January 8, 2015; Modified: May 2, 2015
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) operated a “bathing beach,” including swimming instruction classes, at the southeast corner of Mirror Lake in Browns Mills, New Jersey.
Date added: March 6, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
WPA labor worked to renovate the old Vitagraph Building, a former movie studio located at 94 4th Avenue in Bay Shore, NY, for the purpose of utilizing the structure as a “sewing room, the Old Age Security offices and other… read more
Date added: September 26, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
“One of Georgia’s oldest and most beloved state parks, Vogel is located at the base of Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Driving from the south, visitors pass through Neel Gap, a beautiful mountain pass near Brasstown Bald, the… read more
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
A WPA press release from Dec. 1937 announced that $5,800 was “allotted to the Secretary of State’s Office, Olympia. The Olympia project is for the purpose of folding, binding and covering pamphlets and books. The help provided the Secretary of’… read more
Date added: January 5, 2015; Modified: May 2, 2015
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped to clear vacant lots in Bayonne, New Jersey. This community improvement effort also paved the way for the development of some of these properties for municipal parks (which were then constructed by the… read more
Date added: November 12, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
“As [the neighborhood of Trinity Park] matured, the 250-acre enclave, which was divided into about 40 blocks, was notable for having a high concentration of the city’s most stylish apartments, as well as stately new churches and schools. An oak… read more
Date added: April 28, 2013; Modified: May 2, 2015
This building was formerly Miller Manufacturing Company Building. The building was constructed for a garment factory in 1911 which occupied the building until 1922. From c. 1933-1935 it served as the location of the local Transient Bureau of the FERA. It… read more
Date added: March 23, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
In 1936, WPA workers removed old trolley tracks from the defunct Portland Company along Woodford Street in Portland Maine.
Date added: October 28, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
A WPA press release reported a WPA toy workshop project in Centralia, Washington in Dec. 1937: “Old Kris Kringle is getting some valuable help in Centralia. where a staff of 15 women are busy making new toys and repairing old… read more
Date added: October 27, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
The Annual Town Report for 1939 notes Works Progress Administration & National Youth Administration activity in the town. Welfare Department 22. WPA allotments $1697.46 “Highway Agent When the special WPA appropriation was exhausted, this department purchased all tools, shovels, striking… read more
Date added: April 24, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
“One of the largest artificial reef areas in the United States if not the world lies in an area east of Boston Massachusetts referred to as the lightship dumping grounds. During the Great Depression of the 1930’s the US government… read more
Date added: May 30, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
A local WPA sewing project between 1935 and 1937 supplied clothing for the needy.
Date added: November 25, 2014; Modified: May 2, 2015
A WPA press release from Jan. 1938 reported: “The preparation of hot school lunches for undernourished school children in Walla Walla county will be continued … with an allotment of $2,640.”