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Mapping the legacy of New Deal public works projects across America - and working towards a *New* New Deal. Help build an online library of New Deal resources! livingnewdeal.org
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New Deal artworks are at risk of loss under the current administration: livingnewdeal.org/trump-admini... Below is "Depression," an aquatint by Frank D. Fousek (1913-1979), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1938 (image from Case Western Reserve Univ.). #art #history

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Look at that, #UWSP students showing up in the local news, which profiled their research on the role the WPA played in building Anderson Park in Barron, Wisconsin! Their work had been published by @livingnewdeal.bsky.social! www.news-shield.com/news/free_ne...

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Rural Texas has a shocking lack of public health infrastructure: www.texastribune.org/2025/03/10/r... During the New Deal, the PWA, WPA, & other agencies improved public health in Texas. The PWA built many hospitals, incl. one for Quanah, in rural Hardeman County. #healthcare #Texas #hospitals

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With a number of methods to improve wildfire response time--e.g., lookout towers, truck trails to remote areas, firebreaks, more water resources, and sheer manpower--the CCC greatly reduced acreage burned (U.S. Forest Service reports, FY 1934-1942). #history #wildfires #forests #firefighters

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The Philadelphia Eagles were named, in 1933, to honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s National Recovery Administration, part of the New Deal—the NRA’s Blue Eagle stood for protection of labor and federal oversight of the U.S. economy (pic: Library of Congress)

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"Barn and Signboard," an artwork by Aaron Bohrod (1907-1992), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1936. (Image courtesy of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art) #art #history #farming

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