- Collection:
- Gay Bolling Shepperson Photograph Collection, 1933-1945 (bulk 1935-1937)
- Title:
- WPA Malaria Drainage Project
- Publisher:
- Gay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1936
- Subject:
- Sanitation--Georgia
Wetlands--Georgia
United States. Works Progress Administration of Georgia
New Deal, 1933-1939--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of swamp area after the Works Progress Administration used dynamite to make drainage ditches as part of the malaria drainage program 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. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 77.09.17
ahc077009017a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Shepperson/id/290
- 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:
- 2 x 5 in. sepia toned silver gelatin print
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
