- City:
- Birmingham, AL
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civil Works Administration completed repairs and improvements at the Birmingham’s East Lake Branch Library.
The New Deal mural “Fairy Tale Scenes,” painted by Carrie Hill, and commissioned by the Federal Art Project, is located in the children’s room at the East Lake Branch Library.
Source notes
East Lake Branch of the Birmingham Public Library, accessed January 2024, https://www.cobpl.org/locations/branch/EastLake/.
East Lake Library, Bhamwiki, accessed January 2024,, https://www.bhamwiki.com/w/East_Lake_Library.
Site originally submitted by Mary Okin on January 19, 2024.
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