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Harvest Time, artist Brad Godell's 2011 mural in Cortez, Colorado, sug...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The mural depicts the gathering of peaches, a delicacy so renowned in the Montezuma County area that they won a gold medal at the 1904... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Earthquake and Fire of 1906" by Anton...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Torchlight Procession" by Anton Refre...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Raising the Bear Flag" by Anton Refre...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

"Loggers" mural inside the United States Post Office in Pendleton, Ind...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 1939 mural, by artist William Kaiser, was part of the Depression-era Works Progress Administration, or WPA, Public Works of Art Pr... More

Soldiers quartered in the Aquatic Park Casino during WWII.

Soldiers quartered in the Aquatic Park Casino during WWII. Note the WPA murals behind the soldiers.

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Reconstruction After the Fire" by Ant...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

First floor WPA mural at entrance, at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque...

Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

First floor WPA mural at elevator at the U.S. Courthouse, Albuquerque,...

Built in 1930 by architect James A. Wetmore. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title, date and keywords from information provided by the photographer. Credit line: P... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

One of several Great Depression-era murals mounted in the World Food P...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Often referred to as W.P.A. murals, because the artists who created them between 1937 and 1941 were paid by the job-creating New Deal ... More

[WPA Mural in the Terminal Annex building on Alameda, Los Angeles, Cal...

Artist: Boris Deutch, 1941. Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Pro... More

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rincon Annex Post Office was the last great WPA project. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's... More

[History of San Francisco mural "The Waterfront" by Anton Refregier at...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Fort Ross" by Anton Refregier at Rinc...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Monks Building the Mission" by Anton ...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Conquistadors Discover the Pacific" b...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Miners Panning Gold" by Anton Refregi...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Beating the Chinese" by Anton Refregi...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Building the Golden Gate" by Anton Re...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Preaching and Farming at Mission Dolo...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Ri... More

[History of San Francisco mural "San Francisco as a Cultural Center" b...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "War and Peace" by Anton Refregier at ...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

Murals at Rincon Annex Post Office located near the Embarcadero at 101...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rincon Annex Post Office was the last great WPA project. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Vigilante Days" by Anton Refregier at...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Hardships on the Emigrant Trail" by A...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[History of San Francisco mural "Arrival by Ship" by Anton Refregier a...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural by Anton Refregier at Rincon Annex Pos...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

History of San Francisco mural "An Early Newspaper Office" by Anton Re...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

[History of San Francisco mural "Pioneers Receiving Mail" by Anton Ref...

Title devised by Library staff based on information provided by the photographer. Mural title and artist name from San Francisco Mural Arts website, 2013. Date and keywords provided by the photographer. The Rin... More

FWA-PBA-Paintings and Sculptures for Public Buildings-painting depicti...

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FWA-PBA-Paintings and Sculptures for Public Buildings-painting depicti...

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FWA-PBA-Paintings and Sculptures for Public Buildings-painting depicti...

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Mural, fresco by Reginald Marsh (ship with news reel crew), at New Yor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mural, fresco by Reginald Marsh (ship, man climbing aboard) at New Yor...

Landscape The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program p... More

Mural, fresco by Reginald Marsh (ship, unloading car), at New York Cit...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mural, fresco by Reginald Marsh (tugboat), at New York City Customs Ho...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Mural, frescoes by Reginald Marsh, New York City Customs House - NARA ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Paintings-Murals-Conrad A. Albrizio-titled "The New Deal"-dedicated to...

Landscape The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program p... More

Archives of American Art - Abraham Lishinsky at work - 2917

Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Neg. No.: 3563B58; Photographer: Robbins; Date: May 1939; Title: Anton Lishinsky at work.

Archives of American Art - Abraham Lishinsky working on the science pa...

Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St., New York, N.Y. Negative No.: P33B Identification on verso (handwritten): Lishinsky (Science Panel) Samuel Tilden H... More

Archives of American Art - Abraham Lishinsky working on the science pa...

Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St., New York, N.Y. Negative No.: P33B Identification on verso (handwritten): Lishinsky (Science Panel) Samuel Tilden H... More

Archives of American Art - Anton Refregier - 2338 CROPPED

Refregier on scaffold at work on mural at WPA Building of the 1939 N.Y. World's Fair. Photographed for the Works Progress Administration.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.... More

Archives of American Art - Arshile Gorky - 3043

Gorky working on "Modern Aviation" murals in Newark Airport for the Federal Art Project. Identification on verso (stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City... More

Archives of American Art - Axel Horr - 3001

Horr working on a panel for a muralIdentification on verso, left (handwritten and typed): "Economic Development of America"; Artist: Axel Horr; Medium: Egg Tempera. Identification on verso, right (handwritten a... More

Archives of American Art - Balcomb Greene - 2131

Greene, spray painting and smoking a pipe. Woman in photo is unidentified. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Ba... More

Archives of American Art - Ben Knott - 2203 CROPPED

Knott at work on mural for the WPA. Identification on verso (handwritten): Photographs taken by outside photographerIdentification on accompanying label (typewritten): Benjamin Knotts at work on a mural at Jul... More

Archives of American Art - Bertram Goodman - 2125

Goodman working on a mural for the Federal Art Project.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St., New York, N.Y. Negative No.: SF101; Title:"The Evolution of... More

Archives of American Art - Dane Chanase - 2019

Chanase working on a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City Federal Arts Project Date: 1/26/42; Artist: Dane Chanase; Photographer: Shalat; Ti... More

Archives of American Art - Dane Chanase - 3109

Chanase working on a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Date: 1/26/42; Photogarapher: Shalat; Negative No: P5570-4; Artist: Dane Chana... More

Archives of American Art - Edna Hershman - 2153

Hershman painting a mural. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Location: W.P.A. Women at Work, 110 King St., N.Y.... More

Archives of American Art - Edna Hershman - 3020

Hershman working on a mural. Identification on verso (handwritten): Edna Hershman, New York.

Archives of American Art - Edward Laning - 2934

Laning in front of his Ellis Island mural. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Presentation of mural by Edwa... More

Archives of American Art - Edward Laning - 2935

Laning and Rudolph Reimer at Ellis Island mural presentation. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York CityPresentatio... More

Archives of American Art - Edward Laning - 2936

Laning shown with his mural: "The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America", at Ellis Island. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Di... More

Archives of American Art - Edward Laning - 2937

Edward Laning working on mural for Ellis Island.Identification on verso (handwritten) : Edward Laning and assistants work on Ellis Island Mural, "The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of Ameri... More

Archives of American Art - Emanuel Glicen Romano - 2352

Romano working on a mural. Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped): Title: The Circus; Artist: E. Romano; Medium: Oil on Canvas. Identification on verso, right (handwritten and stamped): Federal... More

Archives of American Art - Ernest Ralph Norling - 2303

Identification on verso (handwritten): Ernest Norling - Mural for W.P.A. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to t... More

Archives of American Art - Fosden Ransom - 2334

Ransom working on a mural of a map, photographed for the Works Progress Administration.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please credit New York City WPA Art Project; O.P. 65-4-97-2063; W.P. 1 D... More

Archives of American Art - Fosden Ransom - 2826

Ransom working on a mural of a map, photographed for the Works Progress Administration.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please Credit New York City WPA Art Project O.P. 65-1-97-2063; W.P. 1 Ar... More

Archives of American Art - Georgette Seabrook - 2381 CROPPED

Seabrook painting a mural Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Location: W.P.A. Women at Work, 110 King St., N.Y.C... More

Archives of American Art - Georgette Seabrook - 2381

Seabrook painting a mural Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Location: W.P.A. Women at Work, 110 King St., N.Y.C... More

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2252

Maccoy working on a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project.Identification on verso (handwritten and typed): Please Credit Photograph to: W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St., New York, N.Y. Negative No.:... More

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2904

Maccoy at work on a mural. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depressi... More

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2905

Maccoy at work on a mural. Identification on verso (typewritten): Map of North and South America, Mural on the first floor of the Brooklyn Museum, Mr. Maccoy at work, U.S. Works Progress Administration, Art Wor... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 2420

Van Aalten at work on mural.Identification on verso (handwritten and typed): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Artists at work on mural, 6 E 42 St., 5th floo... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 2746

Van Aalten at work on mural. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Artists at work on mural, 6 E. 42 St., 5th ... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 2748

Van Aalten making sketches of other WPA artists. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Artists at work in mura... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 2749

Van Aalten making sketches of other WPA artists. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Artists at Work in Mura... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 2750

Van Aalten making sketches of other WPA artists. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Artists at Work in Mura... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 2751

Van Aalten sketching. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Artists at Work in Mural Dept.; Date: 5/25/38; Neg... More

Archives of American Art - Jacques Van Aalten - 3263

Van Aalten sketching. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Artist at Work in Mural Dept.; Date: 5/26/38; Negative No.: 3017-1; Photographer: Gutieri

Archives of American Art - James Brooks - 2001 CROPPED

Photograph of James Brooks at work on a mural. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Art Project; Photography Division; 110 King Street Neg. No. 5078-1; Photog. Libsohn; Dat... More

Archives of American Art - James Brooks - 2001

Photograph of James Brooks at work on a mural. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Art Project; Photography Division; 110 King Street Neg. No. 5078-1; Photog. Libsohn; Dat... More

Archives of American Art - James Michael Newell - 2854

Newell working on a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project.Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Artist (Michael Newell) at work on Mural at: Evander Childs High School, 800 Gunhill Road, Bronx, N.... More

Archives of American Art - James Michael Newell - 2855

Newell at work on a muralIdentification on verso (typewritten): Artists at Work on Mural for Evander Childs High School, 800 Gunhill Road, Bronx. Location: Library; Title: Evolution of Western Civilization.; Me... More

Archives of American Art - James Michael Newell - 2856

Newell at work on a mural for the Works Progress Administration.

Archives of American Art - James Michael Newell - 2857

Newell working on a mural for the Works Progress Administration. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high ... More

Archives of American Art - James Michael Newell - 2858

Newell at easel. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Process of Fresco Painting; Location: Evander Childs H.... More

Archives of American Art - James Michael Newell - 2859

Newell at work on a mural for the Works Progress Administration.

Archives of American Art - Jean Xceron - 2459

Xceron at work on a mural photographed for the Works Progress Administration. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please credit New York City W.P.A.; O.P. 65-1-97-2063; W.P.1 Date:1/13/42; Photog... More

Archives of American Art - Jean Xceron - 2727

Xceron at work on a mural photographed for the Works Progress Administration. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please credit New York City W.P.A.; O.P. 65-1-97-2063; W.P.1 Date: 1/13/42; Photo... More

Archives of American Art - Jean Xceron - 2728

Xceron at work on a mural. Photographed for the Works Progress Administration. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please credit New York City W.P.A.; O.P. 65-1-97-2063; W.P.1 Date: 1/13/42; Pho... More

Archives of American Art - Jean Xceron - 2729

Xceron at work on a mural. Photographed for the Works Progress Administration. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please credit New York City W.P.A.; O.P. 65-1-97-2063; W.P.1 Date: 1/13/42; Pho... More

Archives of American Art - Job Goodman - 2126

Goodman working on a clay model for panel of a mural for the Works Progress Administration.Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Job Goodman at work on clay model for panel of a mural, "The Spirit... More

Archives of American Art - Leonard Seweryn Jenkins - 2983

Jenkins working on mural. Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped): Title: Cultural Outline Map; Artist: Guy McCoy and Leonard Jenkins; Medium: Egg Tempera on Gesso. Identification on verso, rig... More

Archives of American Art - Letterio Calapai - 2013

Letterio Calapai working on a mural for the WPA . Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Title: Evolution of Communication in American Wars; Artist: Letterio Calapai Identification on verso (handwr... More

Archives of American Art - Letterio Calapai - 3128

Letterio Calapai working on a mural for the WPA. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Please credit Photograph to W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St. New York, N.Y. Negative No.: SF-113;... More

Archives of American Art - Letterio Calapai - 3129

Letterio Calapai working on a mural for the WPA. Identification on verso (handwritten): 101st Army Signal Corps; artist: Calapai Identification on accompanying label: The Civil War, left panel of a mural, "The... More

Archives of American Art - Louis Ferstadt - 3071

Ferstadt standing in front of mural for WPA Federal Art Project. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Negative No... More

Archives of American Art - Louis Ferstadt - 3072

Ferstadt painting a mural.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 19 East 37th St., New York City Location: Hewley College; Date: Jan/37; Negative N... More

Archives of American Art - Louis Ferstadt - 3073

Ferstadt working on a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Negative No: 3... More

Archives of American Art - Louis Schanker - 2374

Schanker holding tape and brushes, standing in front of a mural. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Neg. No.: 3... More

Archives of American Art - Louis Schanker - 2797

Schanker standing with pipe in hand among murals in his studio.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York City Neg. No.: 160... More

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