WPA Workers Clear Bridge for Resurfacing after Flood, Holyoke-South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, 1936
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Artifact Overview
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed millions and spent billions to construct and repair public buildings and roads during the Great Depression. This photograph shows WPA workers repairing a Connecticut River bridge after a 1936 flood.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
25 March 1936
Subject Date
25 March 1936
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photographed for the Works Progress Adminstration, Massachusetts
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
95.109.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.75 in
Width: 9.875 in
Inscriptions
Typed on sheet adhered to back of photograph:
MASSACHUSETTS / WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION / Date: March 25, 1936 / Project No.: FLOOD / County: Hampden City: Holyoke / Title: WPA CLEARS AWAY FOR RESURFACING /
Descriptive Caption: Where Comnnecticut River roared / over Holyoke-South Hadley Falls Bridge tearing / up Surface /
At bottom of adhered sheet: Credit Line: Works Progress Administration
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