- Collection:
- Gay Bolling Shepperson Photograph Collection, 1933-1945 (bulk 1935-1937)
- Title:
- WPA Community Improvement Projects
- Creator:
- Getchell, Maurice
- Publisher:
- Gay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1935
- Subject:
- Levees--Georgia--Augusta
Construction industry
Construction--Georgia--Augusta
Laborers--Georgia--Augusta
Clothing and dress--1930-1940
African Americans--1930-1940
Rivers--Georgia
Flood control--Georgia--Augusta
United States. Works Progress Administration of Georgia
New Deal, 1933-1939 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah River, 31.85939, -81.00677
United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484 - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Augusta Levee
View of men working on the construction of a levee on the Savannah River in Augusta, 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. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 77.01.09
ahc077001009a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Shepperson/id/19
- 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:
- 5 x 7 in. silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
