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Men clearing road for Works Progress Administration photograph, 1935

Permanent ID:
1883
Date:
October 11 1935
Image Description:
The picture shows men who were employed by the Works Progress Administration clearing brush and weeds while working on a road. 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.
Format:
Photographs
Collection:
Philadelphia Record photograph morgue
Library of Congress Subjects:
United States. Works Progress Administration of Pennsylvania [info:lc/authorities/names/n89103617]