Description: This is a photo of several children playing outdoors while being watched by several women of varying ages. This is the Works Progress Administration (WPA) nursery group in Toledo, Ohio. The WPA was an agency born from the New Deal in 1935 and was renamed the Work Projects Administration (WPA) in 1939. This new agency had the task of employing unskilled workers to preform public works. The agency was done away with in 1943 as a result of the high demand for jobs that was created during World War 2. The WPA nursery program was established to take care of children, ages 2-4, for low-income families. Not only did this create jobs for teachers, but it also gave free time to the low-income families to find new work of their own. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F11_001_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Works Progress Administration of Ohio (U.S.); Nursery schools; Nursery school facilities; Working class women; 20th century fashion; Children playing outdoors--Ohio--1930-1940;
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption: "Looking for Books, Nursery School, Toledo." This is a photograph of a nursery school in Toledo, Ohio. There are some children picking out books and there are two large goldfish in a bowl on the window sill. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_010_001
Subjects: Nursery schools--Pictorial works; Nursery school facilities; Toledo (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Children--Ohio; Education; Teachers; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of a group of children in nursery school in Newcomerstown, Ohio. Some children are playing on the floor and some are sitting in chairs behind them View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_007_001
Subjects: Nursery schools; Children; Nursery school facilities; Tuscarawas County (Ohio)--Social life and customs; Education; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Newcomerstown (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Preble County, Eaton, Ohio, Sept. 11, 1936. Nursery school." This is a photograph of several nursery school children eating their lunch in Eaton, Ohio. There are two caretakers in the background. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F01_026_001
Subjects: Nursery schools--Ohio--Eaton; Preschool children--Ohio--Eaton; Preble County (Ohio)--History; Nursery school facilities; Education; Teachers; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Eaton (Ohio); Preble County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Nursery School, Toledo." This is a photo of a group of children reading at a small table at a nursery school in Toledo, Ohio during a W.P.A. literacy class. On April 8, 1935, the United States Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, which was hoped would allow Americans to cope with the Great Depression. Creation of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was the most important accomplishment of this Act. This government office hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects. During its existence, the WPA constructed more than 600, 000 miles of roads and built or repaired more than 124, 000 bridges, 125, 000 public buildings, 8, 000 parks, and 850 airport runways. The WPA also included programs to support education and the arts, providing employment opportunities for out of work educators and artists of all varieties. Although the United States Congress reduced funding for the program in 1939, the WPA remained in operation until June 30, 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F06_006_001
Subjects: Children; Reading; Teachers; Nursery schools; Children's literature; Literacy; Literacy programs--Ohio--Toledo; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)