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[lisablasstudio]

Monday's image: September 2, 2024

Beatrice Mandelman, Spectators, Lithograph, Publisher: Works Progress Administration / Federal Art Project-New York City, n.d., 40.3 × 49.5 × 2.9 centimeters, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

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[loynosca]

Healthcare Heroes

This morning we’re sharing an image from a beautiful photobook at Loyola University Archives & Special Collections titled Eudora Welty Photographs. Most people are familiar with Eudora Welty’s literary work, but many don’t realize she was first employed by the Works Progress Administration to photograph daily life in Mississippi and the Depression-era South. 

This photograph, captioned “Nurse at home, Jackson, Miss”, features an African American woman standing before a residence dressed in a clean, pressed nurse’s uniform and hat. She also wears a fashionable long coat with fur trim details. Behind her, a hand-painted sign mounted to the exterior wall reads “Clara Humes, Obstetric Nurse and Nursing”. Welty focused her lens on a diversity of people and classes throughout this period, but her photographs of the emerging African-American middle class are incredibly powerful. 

[dump-bill]

We live in a rural area, and there are still many functioning WPA bridges. They built these to last!! #worksprogressadministration #bridges #history (at Germantown, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vsaZBJY7u/?igshid=1wlbwak4mcnwh

[mccalllib]

A scene from 1905 Barbour County captured by D. L. Hightower. WPA sign and men working, Hightower Collection, The Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama.

[memphismrdave]

10 years ago while visiting The Hoover Dam. #thehooverdam #hooverdam #worksprogressadministration (at The Hoover Dam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNan8CXlbl7/?igshid=asf0lkoluim1

[deiasilva10]

New 52 Wonder Woman is the best WW! Regrann from @terrydodsonart - Wonder Woman Work in Progress colors TOOLS Photoshop CS3 Wacom Cintiq 22HD Apple iMac 27 Rachel Dodson Inks Pencils and Colors by Me I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle March 1-4 - THIS WEEK! Artist's Alley Table L-4 All the details here- http://thebombshellter.blogspot.com Link in Profile #eccc #emeraldcitycomiccon #eccc2018 #seattle #emeraldcityaerofleet #olympicnaturalistranger #worksprogressadministration #pa #nationalpark #federalartproject #tableL4 #penciling #comicbooks #wonderwoman #diana #workinprogress #wip @prismacolor @staedtlermars @strathmoreart #adm! @dccomics #terrydodson #adventureman! #redone #bombshells #adm! - #regrann

[photon-nmo]

Repost! Week 832: WPA-Style Biden Harris Theme chosen by member @wozniak_m . This week, we celebrate the inauguration of our new president/vice president in hopes of a brighter, reconciled United States. We’re honoring them with our own takes on WPA-style illustrations! Join us! . Remember to tag us @the_original_sketch_please to be featured on our page! . #sketch #sketchblog #drawingprompts #wpa #worksprogressadministration https://www.instagram.com/p/CKQSqBelDTE/?igshid=jljmlko8ey1k

[briarvintage]

This Vintage 30s 40s Civilian Conservation Corps Double Breasted Wool Belt Back Pleated Mackinaw Coat. Vintage Workwear, Half Belt, CCC was recently added to our Etsy shop. Marked Size-36R . #vintage #vintageclothing #vintagemenswear #vintageworkwear #ccc #civilianconservationcorps #thecccs #mackinaw #beltback #actionback #mensvintage #vintageclothing #shawlcollar #1930s #30s #1940s #40s #greatdepression #thegreatdepression #wpa #worksprogressadministration . http://etsy.me/2Bby1YB (at Briar Vintage)

[bricehammack]

#UnsportsmanlikeConduct #Oregon #Portland #ForestPark #LowerMacleayTrail #StoneHouse #WorksProgressAdministration #BriceDailyPhoto https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wpSuHh_lQ/?igshid=e5pyh8ormbbp

[artdecoblog]

<strong>Rural Pennsylvania WPA poster, ca. 1938 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/trialsanderrors/">by trialsanderrors</a></strong> <br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Poster promoting Pennsylvania, showing children from a religious community, WPA Pennsylvania Art Project poster by Katherine Milhous, between 1936 and 1940.

From the WPA Posters Collection at the Library of Congress More WPA posters | More Pennsylvania posters [PD] This picture is in the public domain.

[historysisco]

I recently went back to the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport and got to see the famed Flight Mural.

Painted by James Brooks from 1938 -1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded project measures 237 feet long by 12 feet high and encloses the interior of the terminal.

The images depict the history of flight from the mythological story of Icarus and Daedalus to ideas of early flight of DaVinci, the Wright Brothers "Kitty Hawk", early flight to the era of the flying boats. The first seaplane to commence operations at the Marine Air Terminal (MAT): the Pan Am Boeing 314 aka the “Yankee Clipper.”

In a moment of disbelief, during the red scare of the 1950s, the mural was painted over in 1952. The mural was believed to have a socialist view and it was covered up an attempt to modernize the MAT. Luckily someone had the foresight to coat the mural in a lacquer. The painting was rediscovered in the 1970s. After funds were raised, the mural renovated in the 1980s with the MAT being designated a New York Interior Landmark. It is also listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

#JamesBrooks #Flight #FlightMural  #WorksProgressAdministration #WPA #LaGuardiaAirport #MarineAirTerminal #MAT #ArtDeco #ArtDecoHistory #ArtHistory #SocialistRealism #AviationHistory #History #Historia #Histoire #Geschichte #HistorySisco

[lisablasstudio]

Monday's image: December 2, 2019

Unidentified (American), Underpass-New York, Oil on photograph on canvas mounted on paperboard, 50.6 x 60.8 inches, 1933-1934, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

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[leewallick]

Interesting book find on the history of the American Circus 🎪 it’s a hefty tome but the chapter on the #wpa #circus is especially good. 🎪 #lifecollage #putheblameonmame #gilda #ritaheyworth #americancircus #worksprogressadministration #townandcountry #onwardsandupwards https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvbLwGAk_E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cuw80p1zdh0m

[osoporto]

Progression. #beachtown #neighborhood #elporto #history #wpa #worksprogressadministration #cement #staircase #mural #manhattanbeach #notnorth #elsegundo #losangeles #mydayinla #beachlife #southbay #socal #california #californiamoments #shotoniphone #picoftheday #dontgiveup #osoporto.com (at El Porto, Manhattan Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoF7FebBX64/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ofw6hta5zhts

[roadtripnewengland]

Besides #CogswellTower, the other distinguishing feature of #JenksPark are these large iron canopies in the shape of umbrellas. We found a nice vintage #WPA plaque on the floor at the canopy at the top of #DextersLedge. On the road in #CentralFalls, Rhode Island #worksprogressadministration #worksprogressarchitecture #architecture #greatdepression #ignewengland (at Jenks Park & Cogswell Tower)

[jgspdx]

I watched a documentary over the weekend on the #worksprogressadministration and it made me wonder why instead of putting people to work making things we don’t need why don’t we employ people all over the world to help solve the global issues we face? Can’t we just stop this mindless rat race for money and power and just try to figure out a way to live that is fair for everyone? (at Portland, Oregon)