- Collection:
- Gay Bolling Shepperson Photograph Collection, 1933-1945 (bulk 1935-1937)
- Title:
- WPA Road Building and Improvement Projects
- Creator:
- Barron Studio
- Publisher:
- Gay Bolling Shepperson Photographs Collection, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1935
- Subject:
- Road construction--Georgia--Cedartown
Roads--Georgia--Cedartown
Automobiles--1930-1940
Vehicles--Georgia--Cedartown
Residential streets--Georgia--Cedartown
United States. Works Progress Administration of Georgia
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- W.P.A. Project 140 Cedartown, Pol Co. Ga.
View of an unidentified street in Cedartown, Georgia after being paved by the Works Progress Administration.
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. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 77.06.09
ahc077006009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Shepperson/id/136
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Extent:
- 7 x 8 in. sepia toned silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
