| Title | : | The New Deal in Photographs |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Jeffrey Frank Jones & Edwina Louise Helton |
| Release | : | 2012-05-16 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | U.S. History, Books, History |
| Size | : | 846654059 |
| The 60 plus photographs in this collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This U.S. government photography project was headed for most of its existence by Roy E. Stryker, who guided the effort in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937), the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942), and the Office of War Information (1942-1944). The collection also includes photographs acquired from other governmental and non-governmental sources, including the News Bureau at the Offices of Emergency Management (OEM), various branches of the military, and industrial corporations. Also included at the beginning of this book is the 35 minute 1937 U.S. Government Works Progress Administration film, "Work Pays America." In this film we see highways and streets being graded and paved. A concrete bed is laid for an Atlantic City reservoir. Shows airports at Newark, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Philadelphia under construction. Buildings are razed in slum clearance projects. A sewerage project is completed. Traffic control studies are made. Auto drivers are given fitness tests. Trachoma patients in rural areas are examined by traveling nurses and taken to WPA clinics. Shows supervised play and child care at WPA nursery schools, and adult education classes. Murals are painted at the West Point Military Academy. WPA units present stage shows. WPA units carry out relief projects in flooded areas and in dust-bowl sections. Director Harry Hopkins inspects flooded areas in 1936. Food and medical supplies are delivered to dust storm victims. Dams are constructed to check erosion. It also shows park and playground areas that have been improved by WPA projects. Includes shots of Fort Niagara, restored colonial forts, and Abraham Lincoln landmarks in Springfield, Illinois. |
