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Item
Title
T75-1
Date(s)
- 1936-07-29 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Tacoma's Works Progress Administration ( W.P.A.) Band, totaling thirty musicians with instruments, was photographed by the Tacoma Times on July 29, 1936. The W.P.A. was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in May of 1935. It provided federally funded work relief during the Depression, including work for unemployed musicians. At the height of the program, 16,000 musicians were on the federal rolls. Photograph ordered by the Tacoma Times. (filed with Argentum)
Depressions--1929; Works Progress Administration (Tacoma); Bands--Tacoma--1930-1940; Musicians--Tacoma--1930-1940;