The Works Progress Administration Socks
Description: The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest and most ambitious American New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In a much smaller but more famous project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. Almost every community in the United States had a new park, bridge or school constructed by the agency. The WPA's initial appropriation in 1935 was for $4.9 billion (about 6.7 percent of the 1935 GDP), and in total it spent $13.4 billion.
Description: This poster was made under the WPA program. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a major American government agency created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide jobs for millions of unemployed people during the Great Depression. Made for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York this poster advises that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions. Federal Art Project 1936. Design attributed to Muller.
WPA Poster Keep Your Fires Escapes Clear NYC 1936 Vintage Retro Socks
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Description: This poster was made under the WPA program. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a major American government agency created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide jobs for millions of unemployed people during the Great Depression. This poster was made for National Park Service promoting travel to national parks, showing two bighorn sheep. Designed by J. Hirt in 1939.
WPA National Parks Preserve Wild Life Park Service Vintage Poster Big Horn Sheep Tourism Socks
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Description: This poster was made under the WPA program. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a major American government agency created in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide jobs for millions of unemployed people during the Great Depression. This poster was designed for the United States Travel Bureau promoting tourism, showing two people in Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Design attributed to Alexander Dux, 1936.
WPA Poster See America Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico National Parks 1936 Vintage Retro Socks
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Description: Black Canyon Of The Gunnison National Park Vintage WPA Poster A poster illustration of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, a steep-walled gorge carved through Precambrian rock, Colorado United States, done in vintage works project administration federal art project style.
