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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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  • 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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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 largest of the New Deal agencies was the Works Progress Administration, which spent more than $4 billion dollars on highway, road and street projects. (Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS)

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