May 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee routed Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In 1915, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1937, the Works Progress Administration's (WPA) Airways and Airports Division organized an airport inspection trip to review work undertaken at ...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for millions of people in the United States during a time of great uncertainty. Overland Trail Museum explored how the WPA started and its many ...

On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration. Created by President Franklin Roosevelt to ...

Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the history of workers in America. One of the most interesting periods came during the Great Depression with the Works Progress Administration, later called the ...

WPA poster for the Second Annual Exhibition of the Sioux City Camera Club (1939), Iowa Federal Art Project, silkscreen (all images via Work Projects Administration Poster Collection of the Library of ...

Way back in the 1930s, theater arts in the U.S. were suffering to near extinction as stage actors got pushed to the sidelines by the burgeoning motion picture industry. That's when President Franklin ...

Since the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration’s ornamental pedestrian bridge with riprap-style interlocking stones has offered access to Quakertown Park, where events such as the Denton Arts & ...