United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, 33.04066, -84.68831Getchell, Maurice1935Meriwether Co. Stockade - Prisoner's Dining RoomView of the prisoner's dining room in the Meriwether County Stockade in 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 77.02.10ahc077002010a.jpgGay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterMSS 522, Gay Bolling Shepperson Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterJails--GeorgiaDetention facilities--GeorgiaPrisons--GeorgiaDining rooms--GeorgiaDining tables--GeorgiaEating and drinking facilities--GeorgiaUnited States. Works Progress Administration of GeorgiaNew Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaMeriwether County Stockade (Meriwether County, Ga.)WPA Construction & Repair of Public BuildingsStillImage