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Works Progress Administration begins operating 90 years ago today (May 6 1935)

May 6, 20251930s, U.S. Presidentsadmin


Video: 'WPA (Works Progress Administration) - 1937'

(Monday, May 6, 1935; during the Great Depression) — The Works Progress Administration began operating under an executive order signed today by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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