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The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived job creation program established by the New Deal during the Great Depression in the United States in order to rapidly create mostly manual-labor jobs f
Civil Works Administration workers cleaning and painting the gold dome of the Colorado State Capitol (1934).
Rock jail in Camp Verde, Arizona (1933)
CWA marker at Breese Stevens Field in Madison, Wisconsin (1934)
Marker for Grant Park in Phoenix (1934)
The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It
Civil Works Administration
…who said there was nothing of permanent value. Roosevelt told his cabinet that this criticism moved him to end the program and replace it with the WPA which would have long-term value for the society, in addition to short-term benefits for the unemployed. Works Progress Administration…
FDR prepares to speak about the establishment of the work relief program and Social Security at his fireside chat of April 28, 1935.
FERA administrator and WPA head Harry Hopkins speaking to reporters (November 1935)
WPA road development project
FDR and Hopkins (September 1938)