The WPA “Dollar” Artists of the WPA.

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The WPA “Dollar”

Artists of the WPA

Kansas City from Politics, Farming, & the Law Thomas Hart Benton, 1936 Kansas City from Politics, Farming, & the Law Thomas Hart Benton, 1936

The Annual Move by Otis Dozier, 1936

Construction of the Dam by William Gropper

Women of Flint, MI by Joseph Varak

The Cradle Will Rock, 1937 Orson Welles & John Houseman The theater, when it’s good, is always dangerous!

WPA Bookbinding

The American Guide Series

Former Slave Interviews

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