The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal agency created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide ...

This collection contains 40 black and white photographs ranging in size form 5x7 inches to 8x10 inches. In addition to public works projects on reservations, the Works Progress Administration funded ...

The Union Terrace amphitheater, built in 1937 through President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration program under the New Deal, is seen here Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Allentown.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1937, the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Airways and Airports Division organized an airport inspection trip to review work undertaken at ...

Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the history of workers in America. One of the most interesting periods came during the Great Depression with the Works Progress Administration, later called the ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the years before America entered World War II, the country was fighting its way through the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal had many components to create job ...