Project type: Education and Health, Museums
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Description
According to a Brooklyn Children’s Museum history:
1930s
“The Work Progress Administration (WPA) brings more than 200 docents, artists, carpenters, printers, and clerks to work at the Museum during the Depression. Over 200 volunteers support museum projects including the construction of exhibits, wooden jigsaw puzzles, and collection boxes. “
Source notes
http://www.brooklynkids.org/index.php/whoweare/history
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 14, 2014.
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