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.
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.
The gourd that Mr. Casad is holding has the following carved onto it in English: “Read the Los Angeles Times for news and advertising. Read ‘Unemployment and It’s Solution’ By Roland C. Castro for Ideas!”
Photograph appears with the article, "High and Low Wield Picks in R.F.C. Relief Project: Motley Crew Found at Work on Griffith Park Roads, With Many Driving Own Cars to Job," Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 1933: 19
View of unemployment settlement at 84th & Alameda Sts. during the Los Angeles Depression. Warner Brothers water tower is visible in left background. "For Sale" sign is distantly visible in center.
View of unemployment settlement at 84th & Alameda Sts. with tents and temporary structures during the Los Angeles Depression. Sign reads "Wantland's Fresh Daily Yard Eggs."
No date was provided on the negative sleeve or negative; however, mass destruction of Hoovervilles was ordered in the early 1940s in the Greater Los Angeles area.
No date was provided on the negative sleeve or negative; however, mass destruction of Hoovervilles was ordered in the early 1940s in the Greater Los Angeles area.