The Works Progress Administration Tapestries
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: 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.
