Lifeguards in Dayton   Save
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Description: Original description reads: "F.E.R.A. Life Guards, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1934." The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), started in May 1933, gave grants to the states to operate relief programs. Along with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) it was the first relief operation under the New Deal. FERA's main goal was alleviating household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs in local and state government. From May 1933 until it closed in December, 1935, FERA gave states and localities $3.1 billion. FERA provided work for over 20 million people and developed facilities on public lands across the country. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_026_001
Subjects: Lifeguards--Ohio; United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)