Description: Original description reads: "Painters working at Federal Art Project, WPA, Cleveland." The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. 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_B12F09_013_001
Subjects: Painting--Ohio--Cincinnati; Painters--Ohio--Cincinnati; Federal Art Project; United States. Works Progress Administration
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Artists at work on decorations at Morgan School, Cinci. Ohio. Artists at work on decorative and instructive panels. Left panel depicts weaving process from the shearing of the lamb to the weaving of cloth on a loom. At right is the health panel showing a farmer milking, seeds growing under the ground, and a farmer hoeing. In the center composition, a large table, with boy and girl seated at either end, contains foods most healthful to children. The end composition shows the farmer harvesting food." The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. 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_B11F6_004_001
Subjects: Painting--Ohio--Cincinnati; Painters--Ohio--Cincinnati; Federal Art Project; United States. Works Progress Administration
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Artists at work on decorative and instructive panels. Left panel depicts weaving process from the shearing of the lamb to the weaving of cloth on a loom. At right is the health panel showing a farmer milking, seeds growing under the ground, and a farmer hoeing. In the center composition, a large table, with boy and girl seated at either end, contains foods most healthful to children. The end composition shows the farmer harvesting food." The Federal Art Project (FAP) was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era Works Progress Administration. 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_B11F6_006_001
Subjects: Painting--Ohio--Cincinnati; Painters--Ohio--Cincinnati; Federal Art Project; United States. Works Progress Administration
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)