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Saturday, August 01, 2015

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Every Book is a Journey, but These Old Posters Make Reading Seem Like a Trip
In 1935, as part of his New Deal program to put Americans back to work during the Great Depression, President Roosevelt established the Work Progress Administration. The WPA (its name was changed to the Work Project Administration in 1939) employed millions of people to carry out major public works projects, and within it, there was a smaller, creative arm: the Federal Project Number One.
Thanks to Carl, who shared this on Facebook.

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