Wednesday, September 5, 2018

The New Deal Around DC: West Potomac Park

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Above: An entry sign for West Potomac Park in Washington, DC. The Living New Deal has a web page on the improvements made to the park b...
Tuesday, September 4, 2018

The New Deal Around DC: The Washington Monument, the Monument grounds, and the Lincoln Memorial

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Above: Workers renovate the Washington Monument, with funds from the New Deal's Public Works Administration (PWA), ca. 1934-1935. Se...
Monday, August 27, 2018

The New Deal Worked: Rising wages

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Above:  Formerly-jobless Americans, now WPA workers, get their paychecks in Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the Natio...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

New Deal Art: "WPA Art Class Painting"

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Above: "WPA Art Class Painting," a color lithograph by Eleanor Coen (1916-2010), created while she was in the WPA, 1940. Image...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

The WPA worker who twice wore the Hope Diamond

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Above: May Yohe, unknown date (but probably around 1900-1905). Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress . May Yohe (1869-1938) was ...
Sunday, August 5, 2018

WPA workers vs. dogs, snakes, spiders, scorpions, bees, and vicious fish

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Above: A mobile first aid unit for a large WPA project in Mobile, Alabama, ca. 1935-1943. Photo courtesy of the National Archives . ...
Sunday, July 22, 2018

New Deal Alaska Art (5/5): "Ebb Tide, Juneau" and "Blanket Design of the Haida Indians, Alaska"

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Above: "Ebb Tide, Juneau," a painting by Marianne Appel (1913-1988), created while she was in the New Deal's Section of Fi...