The Works Progress Administration provided jobs to 8.5 million Americans between 1935 and 1943 during the Great Depression and the first years of World War II. Jobs ranged from graveling city streets ...
Explore WPA sites around Columbus. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the government created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to get millions of jobless people back to work. The WPA was ...
The former San Luis Obispo County courthouse building was built in part by the Works Progress Adminstration or WPA at the end of the 1930s seen here after sunset Feb. 2, 2023. David Middlecamp ...
Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. With the hot summer days approaching, there’s no better way to cool ...