- City:
- Elizabeth, NJ
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, Pest Control
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
“WPA workers under direction of the Board of Health are engaged in eradication of poison ivy growth prevalent in outlying sections of the city [of Elizabeth], principally in the vicinity of Shelley avenue, Harding road, Coolidge road, Edgewood road and Byron avenue.”
Source notes
"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; July 1936 issue, page 5. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room. Daily Journal, Elizabeth, NJ (1936)Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 8, 2015.
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