Completion Year: 1939

This impressive art deco museum was built by the PWA: "Completed in 1939 as one of the New Deal’s Public Works projects, the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum is an architectural jewel, in the ultra modern style of the times. Layered inside and out with costly marble, granite and polished aluminum, the circular building surrounds a landscaped courtyard and features hand-cut limestone. Without a doubt, this is one of the most impressive buildings in the state. The original artworks include a monumental fresco on the front portico executed by famed muralist Conrad Albrizio that introduces the public to the beautifully rendered scale dioramas...

The historic Harrison post office was constructed by the Treasury Department in 1938-9. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

This courthouse, designed by the firm of Haralson and Mott in WPA Moderne-Art Deco style, was built in 1939 with help from the WPA.

Designed by William J.J. Chase in the Stripped Classical style, the Oconee County Courthouse was built by the PWA and opened in 1939.

The historic Short Hills post office was constructed during the Great Depression with Treasury Department funds. The building, which was completed in 1939, is still in service. The building had housed an example of New Deal artwork, since destroyed.

This concrete bridge bears the faint stamp "NYA 1939". It crosses the San Antonio River at E. Woodlawn and River Avenue in Brackenridge Park. It was closed to traffic many years ago, but still serves as a crossing for pedestrians and fishermen.

Constructed by the Treasury Department as a federal post office and courthouse in 1938-39. The building is still a functioning courthouse.

John Marshall High School is an iconic building in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. Walt Disney and his family lived across the street from the "Collegiate Gothic" structure, and from 1927-1940 operated his Disney Studios and Animation School just one block away (Marshall High is the brick building visible in the background at center in this picture of the original Disney Animation Studio, c. 1939). At the same time Disney was producing his most well-known cartoons and films, WPA laborers were down the street installing Marshall High's concrete bleachers and pavillion, which are still used by students today. These WPA-built bleachers and...

This WPA armory was constructed in 1939. It now houses J.R.'s Archery.

The Verdugo Wash Bridge is the first significant bridge on US 99 north of downtown Los Angeles. It is a steel girder structure built in 1939 by the US Army Corp of Engineers. The Verdugo Wash was lined with concrete at that time and the bridge was built to accommodate the new channel.