New Deal of the Day
Periodic posts about the most interesting time in American history: The New Deal!
Monday, September 26, 2016
WPA Museum Models: Egyptian Woman and Cro-Magnon Man
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Above: A model of an Egyptian Woman, ca. 1500 B.C. The model was created during a WPA museum project in Baltimore, Maryland, 1938. Photo...
Friday, September 23, 2016
California's NYA Quintet
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Above: The description for this photograph (ca. 1935-1942) reads, "A band within a band is this 'hot quintet' - part of a N...
Saturday, September 17, 2016
WPA Museum Models: Roman Lictor and Egyptian Woman
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Above: A model showing a Roman lictor from 66 A.D. The model was created during a WPA project in Baltimore, 1938. Image courtesy of the...
Friday, September 16, 2016
WPA Museum Models: Queen Elizabeth and Gothic Knight
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Above: A WPA model of Queen Elizabeth. Image courtesy of the National Archives . Above: A WPA model of a Gothic knight. Image co...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
New Deal fish conservation and propagation
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Above: The description for this photograph (ca. 1937-1942) reads, "The man sitting on the platform at the left counts salmon as the...
Sunday, September 11, 2016
New Deal Art: "Restaurant 4pm"
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Above: "Restaurant 4pm," an oil painting by Bendor Mark (born "Bernard Marcus," 1912-1995), created while he was in ...
Friday, September 9, 2016
NYA resident project in Berkeley, California
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Above: The description for this photograph (ca. 1935-1943) reads, "View showing the entrance to the National Youth Administration r...
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