Robert E. Peary Middle School (formerly Gardena High School) in Gardena, CA, was renovated with $138,208 in funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA allocated $9,380,000 to the Los Angeles Unified School District in January 1934 for the… read more
The historic post office building in Redwood City was constructed in 1934 with federal Treasury Department funds. It is home to José Moya del Pino’s 1937 mural, “Flower Farming and Vegetable Raising,” funded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine… read more
This 16′ x 40′, oil on canvas mural, “Modern Education/School Activities,” was completed in 1942 by Frank Tolles Chamberlin after seven years of intermittent work. He received funding from the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in 1934 and from… read more
An enormous mural cycle by Stanton Macdonald-Wright, entitled “Invention and Imagination,” hangs in the Santa Monica Public Library. It consists of 30 panels painted on plywood and covers a total 2,000 square feet. The mural cycle was created under the… read more
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) worked on the Chico airport in 1934 and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved and finished the work in 1935. The specifics of what they did are only partially known to the Living New Deal. WPA… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) made extensive improvements Morro Bay State Park, as it did throughout California’s new state park system. These included picnic areas, an entrance road, comfort staton, ranger lodge, and stone walls. The work was continued by… read more
The Tuolumne Meadows Visitors Center was originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as a road crew camp mess hall in 1934. Around 1980, the National Park Service converted the building to a Visitors Center, replacing an older one… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) carried out a complete restoration of the Mission La Purisima in Lompoc CA, 1934-41. It was an astonishing achievement, given the ruined state of the Mission and scarce historic sources to guide the work. The… read more