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Works Progress Administration Parade, 1939

 

 

 

Works Progress Administration Parade, 1939

Parade of WPA workers along Madison Street near Wells, January 1939. During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, and other federal agencies provided jobs for many unemployed workers on projects designed to meet community needs, but there was always a demand for more jobs than were available.