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Works Progress Administration
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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
FDR prepares to speak about the establishment of the work relief program and Social Security at his fireside chat of April 28, 1935.
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)
FERA administrator and WPA head Harry Hopkins speaking to reporters (November 1935)
WPA road development project
WPA road development project
FDR and Hopkins (September 1938)
FDR and Hopkins (September 1938)
New Deal
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The New Deal was a 1933–1938 series of economic, social, and political reforms in response to the Great Depression in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He introduced the phrase
Works Progress Administration
…planned and sponsored by states, counties or cities. Nationwide projects were sponsored until 1939. The WPA built traditional infrastructure of the New Deal such as roads, bridges, schools, libraries, courthouses, hospitals, sidewalks, waterworks, and post-offices, but also constructed museums, swimming…
Top left: Signing of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 1933 Top right: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Bottom: Works Progress Administration public
Top left: Signing of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, 1933 Top right: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Bottom: Works Progress Administration public mural
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies
Roosevelt's ebullient public personality, conveyed through his declaration that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" and his "fireside chat
Roosevelt's ebullient public personality, conveyed through his declaration that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" and his "fireside chats" on the radio did a great deal to help restore the nation's confidence
Public Works Administration Project Bonneville Dam
Public Works Administration Project Bonneville Dam