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- Franklin D. Roosevelt Campaign Booklet, "This Generation Has a Rendezvous with Destiny," 1936 - President Franklin Roosevelt declared, during his renomination acceptance speech at the 1936 Democratic National Convention, that the generation of Depression-era Americans had "a rendezvous with destiny." This pronouncement became the title of this campaign brochure. The booklet touted the economic and social progress of the American people during Roosevelt's first term, highlighting the achievements of the alphabet agencies his administration created.
- 1933-1935
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Campaign Booklet, "This Generation Has a Rendezvous with Destiny," 1936
President Franklin Roosevelt declared, during his renomination acceptance speech at the 1936 Democratic National Convention, that the generation of Depression-era Americans had "a rendezvous with destiny." This pronouncement became the title of this campaign brochure. The booklet touted the economic and social progress of the American people during Roosevelt's first term, highlighting the achievements of the alphabet agencies his administration created.
- WPA Workers Clear Bridge for Resurfacing after Flood, Holyoke-South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, 1936 - 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.
- March 25, 1936
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WPA Workers Clear Bridge for Resurfacing after Flood, Holyoke-South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts, 1936
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.
- Tempera Painting, "The Strike," by Arthur R. Lehmann, 1941 - Arthur Lehmann created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration in Detroit. Lehmann chanced upon unionizing efforts at the Ford Rouge Plant in 1937, creating a sketch of workers picketing outside the plant gates. Ultimately, the workers were successful and in 1941 Ford became a union shop. In a meticulously personal style, Lehmann depicts the unionizing process in the finished painting.
- 1937
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Tempera Painting, "The Strike," by Arthur R. Lehmann, 1941
Arthur Lehmann created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration in Detroit. Lehmann chanced upon unionizing efforts at the Ford Rouge Plant in 1937, creating a sketch of workers picketing outside the plant gates. Ultimately, the workers were successful and in 1941 Ford became a union shop. In a meticulously personal style, Lehmann depicts the unionizing process in the finished painting.