• Rancho Los Amigos Nat'l Rehabilitation Center Improvements - Downey CA
    The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was involved with four improvement projects at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, CA. Rancho Los Amigos dates to 1888, when indigent patients from the Los Angeles County Hospital were relocated to what was then the County Poor Farm. The campus subsequently evolved into a treatment center for patients with chronic illnesses, including mental illness and diseases such as tuberculosis and polio. As of 1939, the WPA had completed two projects at the Rancho. Ground improvements (Proj. 6958) employed 42 men for six months; painting (Proj. 6959) employed 29 men for four months. Two improvement...