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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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WPA Built Cabin
July 14, 1936
Children assemble on the stairs of a WPA built cabin.
New Deal Road Work
July 21, 1936
Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create jobs and boost the American economy.
WPA Exhibit
1937
Opening ceremonies for a Work Progress Administration (WPA) exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair.
WPA Bridge
June 1, 1936
Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control.
Clearing Brush
June 9, 1936
Smoke is rising from piles of burning brush and stumps along a country road. Two men are walking near another pile of brush in the foreground on the right. A sign on that pile reads: "USA WORK WPA....
Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction
1936
Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. The man pictured on the far left is most likel...
