New Deal of the Day
Periodic posts about the most interesting time in American history: The New Deal!
Friday, January 18, 2019
The WPA's Julian Smith Casino
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Above: The description for this photograph, taken in May 1938, reads, "August, Ga. - The Casino - Julian Smith Park - built by the ...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019
New Deal Art: "The Start"
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Above: "The Start," a drypoint on paper by Lee Townsend (1895-1965), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project...
Thursday, December 27, 2018
A New Deal for Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and 4-H
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Above: The description for this photograph, taken in Rocky River, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943, reads, "New cabin in the Girl Scouts Reserva...
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
December 25, 1938
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Above: The description for this photograph, taken on December 25, 1938, reads: "President and Mrs. Roosevelt with members of their ...
Thursday, December 13, 2018
The New Deal Around DC: The Home of Harry Hopkins
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Above: New Deal administrator Harry Hopkins lived in this house, at 3340 N Street NW, Washington, DC (in Georgetown), ca. 1943-1946. Thi...
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Eleanor Roosevelt celebrates African American art
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Above: Oliver LaGrone (1906-1995) sculpts "Mercy," for display in the the Carrie Tingley Crippled Children's Hospital in H...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
New Deal Art: "Perilous Merry-Go-Round"
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Above: "Perilous Merry-Go-Round," a lithograph by Jack Markow (1905-1983), created while he was the WPA's Federal Art Pr...
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