National Archives Discoveries

Brent McKee, the Living New Deal’s Project Historian, recently undertook a massive research effort at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC, resulting in a trove of New Deal discoveries. He scanned over 8,000 photographs, which will result in approximately 1,200 new sites being added to our online map. Brent also estimates that he found over 2,000 new photographs to add to existing sites on our website that either had no photograph or would benefit from supplemental images. The images have also been used for our recently created New Deal Smiles and Working Together pages and will be useful for future projects such as news stories, presentations, and museum exhibits. We are grateful to Brent for his diligence in uncovering these invaluable resources.

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