Above: These WPA nurses are "measuring out food for for patients" in a medical facility in St. Louis, Missouri, 1936. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
Above: The description for this WPA photograph, taken in Indiana, ca. 1935-1943, reads, "Colored women preparing lunch for undernourished children who otherwise would have no lunch." For children in need of good food, the WPA operated both school lunch programs and summer lunch programs. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
Above: A WPA canning project in Brockton, Massachusetts, ca. 1935-1943. During its 8-year existence, the WPA canned 85 million quarts of food (Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43, 1946, p. 134). Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
Above: A school lunch in Illinois, ca. 1935-1943. Note the letters "WPA" on the worker's uniform. Between 1935 and 1943, WPA workers made and served over 1.2 billion school lunches (Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43, 1946, p. 134). Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
Above: One of my favorite WPA posters, made in Oklahoma, ca. 1936-1941. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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