2XBBMBD–1937 - Works Progress Administration firefighters fight a forest fire.
0:55
2TF5HTX–Live Oak tree with Spanish Moss at Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and
0:16
2TNJ79Y–Man Working on computer
0:17
2TM3RTJ–Flandrau State Park in New Ulm, Minnesota. 1,000 acres of grasslands, marshes, and wooded areas along the Big Cottonwood River. Hesperis matronalis
0:08
2XBBMCY–1937 - Foreigners attend a Works Progress Administration English Language class.
0:36
2XBBMB3–1937 - Children in a Works Progress Administration nursery school eat, play and nap.
1:09
2XBBMD0–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers construct a reservoir in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
0:58
2XBBMBN–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers construct bridges, a community stadium and a sewage system.
1:04
2XBBMAM–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers in boats rescue families in a flooded town.
1:55
2XBBMAT–1937 - Fort Niagara and the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site have been maintained by the Works Progress Administration.
1:46
2XBBMBF–1937 - Works Progress Administration relief workers build a dam during a water conservation project.
1:22
2XBBMDE–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers construct airports in Newark, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia.Â
1:15
2XBBMB7–1937 - Works Progress Administration vocational training includes a millinery class for women and a tailoring class for men.
0:52
2XBBMD4–1937 - Works Progress Administration nurses examine children in the wake of a dust-storm and drought in the Western Plains.
0:30
2XBBMD7–1937 - A Works Progress Administration canning unit is shown as well as the restocking of fishing grounds in New England.
0:54
2XBBMD1–1937 - Females from relief families participate in a Works Progress Administration Household Arts Training Program.Â
0:32
2XBBMAW–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers translate books and maps into braille and visually impaired patients are bussed to a clinic for eye
1:19
2XBBMB1–1937 - Works Progress Administration white collar workers survey the land, roads and traffic patterns and mechanics run an automobile inspection
1:29
2XBBMG7–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers build roads in a downtown area, in a neighborhood and on a mountainside.
0:34
2XBBMD6–1937 - A pig farmer gets his truck stuck in mud and Works Progress Administration workers build a farm-to-market road.
0:38
2XBBMD3–1937 - Works Progress Administration workers excavate raw materials from a quarry and they build a road in a state park.
0:44
2XBBMCX–1937 - Works Progress Administration artists work on reproductions and on a mural and stained glass at West Point while fossils are prepared and, at
1:26
2XBBMBB–1937 - Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins visits a flooded town as relief workers raise a levy and clear debris.
1:37
2XBBMAH–1937 - Works Progress Administration relief workers bring supplies to a family of farmers after their farm is devastated by a drought and dust-storms
1:10
2XBBMDF–1937 - Female Works Progress Administration workers work in a sewing room, a bindery, a kitchen, a mobile library and they assist a new mother and her
1:37
2XB7A6N–1935 - Men of the Public Works Administration shovel and hoe a beach in Key West, Florida.
0:51
2XB7A6P–1935 - Men get jobs working for the Public Works Administration, building homes along Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West, Florida.
1:05
2XB7A6C–1935 - Men of the Public Works Administration lay pipe in Key West, Florida. Teenage members of the National Youth Administration tend to a nearby
1:14
2XBAFCK–Work Projects Administration millinery and tailoring classes are shown, in 1939.
0:52
2XBAFAX–A Work Projects Administration English language class is attended by foreigners, in 1939.
0:36
2XBAEEP–Traffic patterns are observed, in a Work Projects Administration operation, in the 1939.
0:37
2XBAEFB–Seamstresses sew in a Work Projects Administration sewing room, in 1939.
0:51
2XB7A51–1935 - Public Works Administation workers begin contsruction on a bridge in Key West, Florida.
0:57
2XBAFDG–Impoverished children at a Work Projects Administration nursery school eat and play, in 1939.
1:10
2XBAFCA–The Work Projects Administration Household Arts Training Program teaches women homemaking skills, in 1939.
0:32
2XBAEEC–A driver is tested and cars are inspected, in a Work Projects Administration operation, in the 1939.
0:39
2XBAFAW–Land surveying, canning and fishing, to restock fishing grounds, are Work Projects Administration jobs, in 1939.
0:55
2XBAEF3–Nurses care for babies, as part of a public nursing project run by the Work Projects Administration, in 1939.
0:28
2XBAEEG–School lunches are made and books are repaired and checked out, at a Work Projects Administration mobile library, in 1939.
0:34
2XB7A9C–1930s - Two men work together in an office of the WPA's Federal Emergency Relief Administration in Key West, Florida.
0:59
2XBKWJX–A Federal Works Agency employee identification card is shown as well as a comparison of handwriting as a government check is endorsed and addressed.
1:13
2XBAFCT–Braille translators create text for sightless readers and visually impaired patients are treated at a Work Projects Administration clinic, in 1939.
1:21
2XBHE02–1937 - New York City children play on roped-off streets, supervised by WPA workers. They can rent toys from an institution that works on a
1:10
2XBFHXR–1930s - Storefront signs in Cleveland let customers know that they accept relief orders.
1:06
2XBFHWN–1930s - Businesses in Cleveland advertise surplus commodities and financing for WPA members.
1:13
2XBHE3T–1937 - Aerial views of Manhattan are shown.
0:53
2XBFJ13–1939 - Used car lots and other businesses funded by the WPA are seen in Chicago.
1:16
2XB7AA2–1930s - A bridge welcomes traffic to Key West, Florida.
0:51
2XC2719–1936 - Factory workers lose their jobs during the Great Depression.
0:24
2XC273K–1936 - A montage of industries and education sponsored by the WPA in Michigan.
0:41
2XB7A8M–1935 - Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps stay at a tourist camp in Key West, Florida.
0:43
2XBHMN7–1937 - Flood control dams and levees are constructed in Ohio after the terrible flood of 1936.
0:32
2XB7A93–1935 - Cars drive down a busy street in Key West, Florida.
0:48
2XC26YT–1936 - Affordable housing is built in Chicago by the WPA.
0:32
2XC26G2–1930s - Men who work for the WPA build a road in an American city.
1:04
2XC271R–1936 - Granite is quarried in Minnesota.
0:31
2XC272W–1936 - Airports are constructed in Lansing and Detroit, Michigan.
0:30
2XB7A5N–1935 - Paintings by WPA artists are delivered to a restaurant in Key West, Florida.
0:38
2XC26GT–1930s - Men who work for the WPA build a road in an American city.
0:55
2XBFHXN–1930s - A Chicago used car lot and grocery store advertise that they are New Deal and relief-friendly.
0:30
2XC272F–1936 - Potters work in Missouri.
0:38
2XC271P–1936 - Buildings go up in flames in Chicago.
0:47
2XB7A99–1930s - Myriad vessels are docked in Key West, Florida.
0:45
2XBHE0A–1937 - The WPA puts architects and artists to work creating scale models of the New York City boroughs, and cartographers make maps.
0:33
2XB7A6J–1935 - Families enjoy the beach in Key West, Florida.
0:42
2XB7A8K–1935 - Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps march out of their housing quarters in Key West, Florida.
1:00
2XB7A8X–1930s - People enter a social club in Key West, Florida.
1:26
2XC270C–1936 - WPA artists put on a marionette show for patients at a children's hospital.
0:41
2XC2717–1936 - Visitors to Illinois' Brookfield Zoo see pelicans, seals, and monkeys.
0:31
2XBHE0C–1937 - New York City artists are put to work by the WPA in myriad ways.
1:08
2XC271D–1936 - Roads are built in rural Minnesota.
0:44
2XC26YM–1936 - Dams are constructed by the WPA across Minnesota.
0:48
2XBBMAJ–1937 - Farmers clear roads and fire lanes using horse-drawn tills and plows in wake of a dust-storm and drought the Western Plains.
0:42
2XC26YX–1936 - Visitors enjoy many exhibits and activities at the Minnesota State Fair.
0:38
2XB7A5H–1935 - Boats are docked near the Department of Commerce's lighthouse station in Key West, Florida.
0:59
2XB7A6W–1930s - WPA workers pore over a map on a dock in Key West, Florida.
0:58
2XB7A54–1935 - Men enter and exit an Employment Service Office in Key West, Florida.
1:19
2XC270D–1936 - The WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps employs hundreds of men during the Depression in New York.
0:21
2XB7AA1–1930s - Men fish and help build a rig off the coast of Key West, Florida.
0:36
2XC271M–1936 - The WPA helps get men in Missouri back on their feet, particularly with quarry jobs.
0:28
2XC271Y–1936 - Poor men get back on their feet with the promise of jobs during the Great Depression.
0:27
2XB7A8W–1930s - A shanty town on the coast of Key West, Florida.
0:40
2XBHMM8–1937 - Ohio's working force is suddenly rejuvenated by the WPA in the midst of the Great Depression.
1:50
2XBHE04–1937 - Men work on WPA transportation construction projects in Manhattan.
0:58
2XC27W7–1936 - Underprivileged youth attend Camp Hope in New Jersey, run by the WPA.
0:30
2XC272Y–1936 - A montage of tourism in Michigan.
0:36
2XB7A6H–1930s - WPA workers go boating in Key West, Florida.
1:16
2XB7A5W–1935 - WPA artists paint on the harbor in Key West, Florida.
1:02
2XC27WP–1936 - Childcare is provided in New Jersey for children of working or needy mothers.
0:38
2XC27W9–1936 - A new reservoir for Atlantic City is under construction by the WPA in New Jersey.
0:32
2XB7A5F–1935 - Exteriors of the First National Bank and a nearby nightclub in Key West, Florida.
0:48
2XC273J–1936 - Jobs come back as the Depression recedes, leading to happier and healthier families.
0:31
2XBA6PT–The WPA helps clean up and restore a city after a flood in 1937.
1:33
2XBHMNH–1937 - Farmers get stuck on a muddy back road trying to drive their pigs to market. Road construction then takes place.
1:10
2XC2705–1936 - WPA workers build roads through the Adirondacks in New York.
0:55
2XB7A5B–1935 - An old man smokes on the front porch of a house built by Civilian Conservation Corps members in Key West, Florida.
0:36
2XC2707–1936 - The WPA puts men to work building the Loudonville Reservoir in Albany, New York.
0:54
2XB7A5R–1935 - Exteriors of the Naval Air Station Key West in Florida.
0:33
2XB7A5G–1935 - Civilian Conservation Corps members eat bananas on the beach in Key West, Florida.
0:37
2XC27Y0–1936 - Oil is sprayed on mosquito breeding grounds in New Jersey to get the pest population under control.