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Writers protesting ending of Works Progress Administration photograph, 1939

Permanent ID:
1918
Date:
January 8 1939
Image Description:
The photograph shows members of the Works Progress Administration protesting the cutbacks and ending of the employment of writers. Four pallbearers, dressed in stovepipe hats and dark apparel, carry a mock coffin signifying the death of the Federal Writers' Project. The men are followed by women carrying protest signs calling for a stop to cuts being made to the Works Progress Administration.

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. Additionally, the Works Progress Administration also funded minor projects, which employed writers, musicians, actors, and artists to work in media and literacy projects.
Format:
Photographs
Collection:
Philadelphia Record photograph morgue
Library of Congress Subjects:
United States. Works Progress Administration of Pennsylvania [info:lc/authorities/names/n89103617]