Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 15, 1935
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#manhattan #lowermanhattan #waterfront #BrooklynBridge #FinancialDistrict #skyscrapers #architecture #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #BereniceAbbott

Federal Theatre Project presents "The drunkard or the fallen saved" Originally produced by P.T. Barnum in his museum: A rip-roaring melodrama with thrills &… (1938)

#WPA #posterart #historicalphotos

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/95503254/

To-day is another day Make it safe! (1936 or 1937)

#WPA #posterart #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/93509790/

This colorful work was, however, destroyed in a subsequent remodeling.
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#Albuquerque #AlbuquerqueLittleTheater #WPA #NewMexico #JohnGawMeem #DorothyNewkirkStewart #AmericanArt #blackandwhitephotography

‘Country Store: interior, Ewen Avenue, Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx. Wire “ice-cream parlor” chair near pot-bellied stove, clock, signs, hat rack on wall above.’
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*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), #WPA #FederalArtProject. Oct. 11, 1935
#interiors

*Changing New York* series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 11, 1935.
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#Bronx #SpuytenDuyvil #bar #architecture #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #BereniceAbbott

*Changing New York* series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 11, 1935.
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#Bronx #SpuytenDuyvil #houses #architecture #housedesign #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #BereniceAbbott #TheNewDeal

Visibility zero unless you lend your binoculars to the navy 6 x 30 or 7 x 50 Zeiss or Bausch and Lomb : Pack carefully and send to Navy Observatory, Washington, D.C. (c. 1941-1943)

#WPA #posterart #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/98515057/

Wild life The national parks preserve all life. (c. 1936-1940)
By: Nicholson, Frank S.

#WPA #posterart #libraryofcongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/92522682/

Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject October 9, 1935
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Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject October 9, 1935
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#Manhattan #LowerEastSide #Bowery #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #BereniceAbbott

Watercolors and drawings, Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration, at the new Federal Art Gallery (1936 or 1937)
By: Herzog, Harry

#WPA #posterart #vintage

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/95505492/

This little video explains the world's worst bridge. It's free and complete at worlds-worst-website.com/worst-bridge ( #bridge, #WPA, #California, #BridgeToNowhere, #California, #CaliforniaHighways, #highway, #concreteBridge, #archBridge, #canyonBridge)

Oct 8, 1542: Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed into San Pedro #OTD and named it "Bahia de Los Fumas" (Bay of Smokes).

Ninety years ago, this #JuanRodriguezCabrillo sculpture by Henry Lion was dedicated at #CabrilloBeach (August 1936). #WPA #NewDealArt

Jobs for girls & women If you want a good job in household employment apply at - or write to Illinois State Employment Service. (c. 1936-1941)
By: Bender, Albert M.

#WPA #posterart #libraryofcongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/96524664/

#OTD in 1938
‘Dedication of #UniversityofArkansas #Stadium. #Fayetteville, #Arkansas’
#WPA #WorksProgressAdministration project. October 8, 1938
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
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Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 8, 1935.
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#Manhattan #MidtownManhattan #urbanphotography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #BereniceAbbott #antiques #antiqueshop #figurehead #Mars

Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 8, 1935.
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Changing New York series, #WPA #FederalArtProject. October 8, 1935.
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Punch & Judy (1940)
By: Federal Art Project

#WPA #posterart #libraryofcongress

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/item/98512440/