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Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Date:: [1938 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Description:: Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) garden project. The WPA was a New Deal agency which employed millions of people across the country to carry out public works projects. In 1938 the WPA garden project employed 1867 people on 665 acres.
Date:: [1938 and 1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Men loading sacks of onions onto a truck as part of the WPA garden project, Los Angeles, 1930s

Chorus girls in rehearsal for a W.P.A. sponsored vaudeville tour, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Two chorus girls pose for a photograph during a rehearsal for a vaudeville show sponsored by the Works Progress Administration. The show toured Civilian Conservation Corps camps. The rehearsal took place at 843 South Hope street.
Date:: November 27, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chorus girls in rehearsal for a W.P.A. sponsored vaudeville tour, Los Angeles, 1935

Roy S. Stockton and Hazel Elliott, 1935

Description:: View of Roy S. Stockton in collared shirt, tie, jacket, holding papers in left hand, standing behind typewriter and Hazel Elliott, in necklace, blouse, seated behind typewriter. Roy Stockton was chief of the California State Employment Service.
Date:: September 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roy S. Stockton and Hazel Elliott, 1935

Marvin Hostler and Maudine Creason, choosing workers for W.P.A. projects, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Jobs Given Dole Takers: United States Employment Service Provides Workers for Projects." Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 1935: A2
Date:: September 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marvin Hostler and Maudine Creason, choosing workers for W.P.A. projects, 1935

Major John Milledge, new executive officer of the Works Progress Administration, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Related to the article, "W.P.A. Chief Picks Aides, Four Executives Designated, Maj. Milledge Given Post; Clinton A. Beryy Among Others Named," Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 1935: A12.
Date:: Aug 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Major John Milledge, new executive officer of the Works Progress Administration, Los Angeles, 1935

Major General Edward Markham, Chief of Army Engineers and in charge of Works Progress Administration flood-control program, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “Great Southland program discussed,” Los Angeles Times, 09 Oct. 1935: A3.
Date:: October 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Major General Edward Markham, Chief of Army Engineers and in charge of Works Progress Administration flood-control program, Los Angeles, 1935

Major Theodore Wyman, Jr., Major General Edward Markham, and Colonel Thomas H. Jackson analyze WPA plans, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Cash Transfer to Aid Needy Gets Approval,” Los Angeles Times, 09 Oct. 1935: A3.
Date:: October 9, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Major Theodore Wyman, Jr., Major General Edward Markham, and Colonel Thomas H. Jackson analyze WPA plans, Los Angeles, 1935

Portrait of June J. Owens who was put in charge of all women's activities under the Works Progress Administration, 1935

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, "Aid Pledged 'Marooned': Relief Changes to Oust 2000: L.A.C.R.A. Staff Cut to Follow Shut-down of Work Projects," Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 1935: A1.
Date:: [circa August 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Portrait of June J. Owens who was put in charge of all women's activities under the Works Progress Administration, 1935

T. E. Atkinson takes on a new job with the Works Progress Administration, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Atkinson has been named construction engineer as a new appointment to the WPA (Works Progress Administration) after serving as construction superintendent for the Griffith Company for fifteen years.
Date:: September 4, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

T. E. Atkinson takes on a new job with the Works Progress Administration, Los Angeles, 1935