United States, Georgia, Stephens County, Toccoa, 34.57732, -83.332391937-05-14District No. 2, O. P. NO. 65-34-4087View of Gay Shepperson, administrator of the Georgia Works Progress Administration (second from left) with unidentified men inspecting Amiesite paving over crushed rock, and a clay base, on Toccoa Falls Road in Toccoa, Georgia.The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal agency created by executive order in 1935 that provided employment to United States citizens through public works projects and educational programs. Most expenditures went to the construction of highways, roads, parks, public buildings, dams, and sewers. Other programs included literacy projects, vocational education, historical records surveys, and the arts. The Works Progress Administration was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1937. Congress discontinued the agency in 1943.image/jpegVIS 77.01.15ahc077001015a.jpgGay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterMSS 522, Gay Bolling Shepperson Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Road construction--Georgia--ToccoaRoads--Georgia--ToccoaAutomobiles--1930-1940Vehicles--Georgia--ToccoaWomen--1930-1940Dresses--1930-1940Suits (Clothing)--1930-1940Clothing and dress--1930-1940United States. Works Progress Administration of GeorgiaAimesite Asphalt Company of AmericaNew Deal, 1933-1939Shepperson, Gay Bolling, 1887-1977WPA Road & Sidewalk Improvement ProjectsStillImage