Uncle Sam dressed as a construction worker with a Better Housing Program emblem on his cap, circa 1934
Item Overview
- Title
- Uncle Sam dressed as a construction worker with a Better Housing Program emblem on his cap, circa 1934
- Photographer
- Connell, Will, 1898-1961
- Date Created
- [circa 1934]
- Date
- 1934
- Collection
- Connell (Will) Papers
Notes
- Description
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Uncle Sam dressed as a construction worker in a star pattern shirt and striped overalls and a Better Housing Program emblem on his cap.
The National Housing Act of 1934 created the Federal Housing Administration, a system of federally guaranteed bank mortgages. The administration's Better Housing Program also provided home repair loans to stimulate the construction industry and improve housing conditions. - Caption
- Text from negative sleeve: Double X US & Miner. EW. #9.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- United States. Federal Housing Administration
- Location
- California
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_893_0170
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002j940p
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.