Digital Library | Historical Society of Pennsylvania : Item : Two men painting the French Renaissance room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art WPA photograph, 1936 [1881]

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Two men painting the French Renaissance room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art WPA photograph, 1936

Permanent ID:

1881

Call number:

V7: 5032

Date:

August 11 1936

Image Description:

The picture shows two men, as part of the Works Progress Administration, painting the French Renaissance room at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the museum obtained grants to fund the building, construction, and refurbishment of the museum, cataloging of the museum's library and collections, and acquisition of new galleries.

The Works Progress Administration, later known as the Work Projects Administration or WPA, was part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to help employ millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression. The Works Progress Administration was in place from May 1935 to June 1943, focusing on public works projects, employing workers to build roads, bridges, buildings, schools, and parks.

Address:

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

Format:

Photographs

Collection:

Philadelphia Record photograph morgue

Library of Congress Subjects:

United States. Works Progress Administration of Pennsylvania [info:lc/authorities/names/n89103617]