United States, Georgia, Laurens County, Dublin, 32.54044, -82.90375Getchell, Maurice1935Dublin Ga. Sponsored by the Lions ClubView of children playing on a playground outside a nursery school operated or funded by the Works Progress Administration in Dublin, Georgia while a group of men, probably from the local Lion's Club look on.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 77.37.02ahc077037002a.jpgGay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterMSS 522, Gay Bolling Shepperson Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterChildren--1930-1940Children--Clothing and dressTeachers--Georgia--DublinNursery schools--Georgia--DublinOrganizations--Georgia--DublinPlay (Recreation)--Georgia--DublinSliding boards--Georgia--DublinSeesaws--Georgia--DublinSwings--Georgia--DublinPlaygrounds--Georgia--DublinUnited States. Works Progress Administration of GeorgiaLions Clubs InternationalNew Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaLions Club (Dublin, Ga.)WPA Nursery SchoolsStillImage