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New Deal Programs (14)

WPA poster, new deal programs, works progress administration, highways, roads, streets, the great depression

triborough bridge, the great depression, new york city, rfk bridge, wpa projects, new deal programs

wpa poster, new deal programs, works progress administration, the great depression, propaganda poster

public building construction, works progress administration, wpa, wpa projects, new deal programs, the great depression

wpa workers, wpa, welfare projects, sewing projects, school lunch programs, the great depression, new deal programs

tenement flats, murals, sculptures, paintings, artists, millard sheets, new deal programs, the great depression

wpa, works progress administration, new deal programs, the great depression, road construction project

federal theater project, wpa, new deal programs, the great depression

boneville dam, wpa, construction projects, bridges, dams, 1934, grand coulee, columbia river, the great depression, new deal programs

hoover dam, boulder dam, the great depression, new deal programs

civilian conservation corps, ccc, franklin roosevelt, the great depression, new deal programs

stone watchtower, harney peak, south dakota, civilian conservation corps, new deal programs, the great depression

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The WPA spent more than $1 billion on public building construction across the country. By 1941, the government had spent nearly $12 billion on WPA projects. (Credit: Richard Cummins/CORBIS)

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