New Deal of the Day
Periodic posts about the most interesting time in American history: The New Deal!
Monday, May 12, 2014
New Deal Architecture: Even the lamps were creative and ornate!
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The lamps shown below are at the post office buildings in the towns of Easton, Pocomoke City, and Hagerstown (all in Maryland). These post o...
Friday, May 9, 2014
United States Post Office: Pocomoke City, Maryland
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Above: The U.S. Post Office in Pocomoke City, Maryland, built in 1937. One of the many hundreds of post offices built during the New D...
Thursday, May 8, 2014
WPA School
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Above: A Somerset County (Maryland) government office building. The building was constructed in 1938-39, and for many years was the high...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
WPA Poster: Curb Service
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Above: This WPA poster advertised the bookmobile service of the Chicago Public Library. Unlike today, where many of our policymakers...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Happy (what should be) National WPA Day of Recognition!
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( Image courtesy of the National Archives .) The WPA was created on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order No. 7034. President Roosevelt had...
Monday, May 5, 2014
New Deal History: How should we do it?
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( A WPA-built bridge in Allegany County, Maryland. In telling the history of this bridge, should our description be non-confrontational, ...
Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Reverse New Deal: Casting people-in-need as "animals"
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( As part of a WPA project to feed low-income schoolchildren in Washington, D.C., these men are delivering fruit. Photo taken in 1938 and...
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