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Jane Addams Hull-house Museum.jpg
Image of Jane Addams Hull-house museum. The museum and the building of Hull house. The house was founded by Jane Addams.

Post Office Mural Forest Parkway WPA.jpg
Mural commissioned by the Works Progress Administration

Artists were one of the groups most affected by the Great Depression as no one had the money to buy the artists works, or commission the artists for specific works. The Works Progress…

River and Clouds Emil Armin 1941.jpg
River and Clouds, Emil Armin, 1941, WPA, screenprint printed in brown ink on wove paper, 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches. Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, to the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Made at the beginning of World War…

July Morning Emil Armin 1940 WPA.jpg
July Morning, Emil Armin, 1940, WPA, screenprint printed in brown ink on wove paper, 11 × 14 inches. Gift of the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, to the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Art work commissioned by the Works Progress…

WPA arts and crafts display Kansas.gif
Works Progress Administration: display of arts and crafts projects in Kansas

The Works Progress Administration taught crafts to those involved in the program. The Administration was also dedicated to preserving the history of the United States of…

WPA Crafts Quilting.jpg
Quilting is an important cultural activity. Different patterns mean different things, and quilts were used as signals if a location was safe on the Underground Railroad. Women also used to get together and make quilts, women did this frequently in…

WPA craft class.jpg
Crafts are an important part of any culture, as are any other leisure activity. Crafts are learned in school and are a staple at summer camps. The Works Progress Administration gave people jobs teaching others crafts, as it helps the people who need…

Young defense woman trained in a National Youth Administration work center.jpg
Young defense woman. This young woman, trained in a National Youth Administration (NYA) work center, is contributing to defense as the result of skill acquired on the government project. Scene from Women in Defense, Office of War Information (OWI)…

Eleanor Roosevelt visits the National Youth Administraton in Maine.jpg
The First Lady visiting would have provided publicity for the National Youth Administration, but it also would have provided a morale boost for those in the program at the site.
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