Above: "Skating in Central Park," an oil painting by Saul Kovner (1904-1981), created while he was in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, 1934. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Above: "Skating a Tarry Hall," a painting by Kenneth Warnock Evett (1913-2005), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, ca. 1935. Image courtesy of the General Services Administration and the Sheldon Museum of Art.
Above: A WPA poster promoting a winter festival in Iowa. Did you know that between 1934 and 1935 the New Deal's Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded the construction of 887 skating rinks and the improvement of 203 existing rinks? (The Emergency Work Relief Program of the FERA, April 1, 1934 - July 1, 1935, p. 94). Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Above: This photograph was taken in Middleton, Wisconsin, ca. 1935-1943. The description for it reads, "Dane County, view showing skating rink and warming house. Open skating period. The rink located in a town of 1,000 population provided much wholesome fun for Middleton's younger set as well as some of the adults. The rink was [supervised by] a WPA recreational worker." It's not clear whether the WPA also built the rink and/or warming house but, across the nation, WPA workers built 1,101 skating areas and improved 84 existing ones (some of these projects were probably carryovers from FERA work - see previous caption). (Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43, p. 131). Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
Above: "Skating on Bonaparte's Pond," a mural study by Avery F. Johnson (1906-1990), created while he was in the New Deal's Section of Fine Arts, ca. 1940. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Above: A closer look at the left-hand side of the mural study.
Above: A closer look at the right-hand side of the mural study.
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