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WPA Projects

Photographs of Ladies at Book Sale and Classroom Instructions.

Tags: book sale, Classroom Instruction, Decatur IL., Ladies in Class, Ladies Looking at Books, WPA Projects

Photograph of people preparing to plant gardens.

Tags: 5/31/1940, Community Gardens, Decatur IL., gardening, Planting Gardens, WPA Project

Photographs of Toys made in Decatur, IL. for the WPA project.

Tags: Childs Table and Chairs, Decatur IL., Decatur Toy Project, Men Making Toys, Wooden Toys, WPA Project

Photographs: Cooking Class, Art Class (Painting), Removing Street Car Tracks, Men Waiting for their pay checks.

Tags: 1936, 1940, Art Class (Painting), Cooking Class, Decatur IL., Home Economics, Men Waiting For Paychecks, Payday, Removing Street Car Tracks, road work, WPA Projects

Photographs of Miscellaneous WPA projects.

Tags: Civil Defense Ambulance Drivers Class, Decatur IL, Municipal Band, Sewer Projects, WPA Projects