Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933 to April 1934 and put 4,000,000 Americans to work for a short time.
DESCRIPTION
A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933 to April 1934 and put 4,000,000 Americans to work for a short time.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:1987
Creation Date: 1934
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Fond du Lac
County:Fond du Lac
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Robert Colton Johnson papers and photographs, 1879-1970
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 1292
Original Dimensions:unknown
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This image is one of several photographs of projects administered under Wisconsin Civil Works Administration.
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Handicraft
Sewing
Furniture
Indoor photography
Women
Administrative agencies
Windows

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