All posts tagged "WPA"
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86Arts and LeisureThe She-She-She Camps of the Great Depression
The Civilian Conservation Corps gave millions of young men a job and their families a lifeline with money they sent home every...
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3.5KNew HampshireIn Search of the Roosevelt Outhouse in New England
During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built 2.3 million outhouses in rural America. They earned several nicknames, including the Roosevelt Outhouse,...
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7.9KConnecticutConstance Baker Motley Faces Down Racism
Constance Baker Motley encountered overt racism for the first time when she left her home in New Haven to attend Fisk College...
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16.6K2Arts and LeisureSix Iconic Paintings From the New England States
Iconic paintings capture the essence of a place or a person. American Gothic, for example, reveals the stoic plainness of the rural...
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39.2K14Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a New Hampshire Accent
Woe to the presidential wannabe who doesn’t study the New Hampshire accent before entering the First in the Nation Presidential Primary (and...
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14.5K6Arts and LeisureThe Missing Kennebunkport Mural of the WPA
Towns and cities across America are dotted with WPA-era murals. Many of them pay tribute to the working classes of America. But...
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