1930s: Public Works Programs

Source: New Deal Network

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         CCC Workers                                        Worker receives first WPA check

 

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Works Progress Administration (WPA) men work on an
Arkansas River flood control project May 17, 1939.

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Critics wonder: is this a good use of Federal funds? Constructed of 168 tons of ice, this 'New
Deal Ice Palace' was built on Minnesota's Lake Bemidji for the annual winter carnival.