Series Number	Project	Series Title	Description	Date Taken	Project Dates	OP #	Negatives	Contact Prints	8x10 Prints	Digital #
36.01	Recreation	American Baseball Congress	C. O. Brown, Cincinnati, holds a one day institute in New Orleans for the American Baseball Congress with J. A. Zimmerman and G. A. Leaumont. Interior.	2/10/1941			8	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
36.02	Recreation	General	McDonogh #31 school children and Holy Rosary students making jack-o-lanterns under the supervision of the WPA Recreational Unit. Interior.	11/4/1939			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.03	Recreation	General	These negatives show New Orleans boys and girls who have studied under the direction of trained recreational supervisors, and their achievements in the field of sports. Exterior.	12/18/1940			20	20		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20
36.04	Recreation	General	Copy of letter of commendation from General Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, to John Zimmermann relative to WPA cooperation in the establishment of the lakefront recreation center.	6/13/1941			1	0		1
36.05	Recreation	Handicraft	Exhibition of handicraft, the result of leisure time activity of several groups of men and women who meet each week under the supervision of Mrs. Leona Nicholson, recreation leader. This display at the Roosevelt Hotel included pottery and other ceramics, hook rugs and block printing. Interior.	12/7/1940			5	5		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.06	Recreation	Handicraft	Exhibition of handicraft, the result of leisure time activity of several groups of men and women who meet each week under the supervision of WPA recreation leaders. This display included pottery and other ceramics, hook rugs and block printing. Nearly 200 persons belong to the groups which have been organized by Mrs. Leona Nicholson, WPA recreation leader. Interior.	12/18/1940			5	5		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.07	Recreation	Handicraft	Recreation exhibit (display of handicraft) held at the WPA Art Project Headquarters, 718 Toulouse St. Interior.	1/29/1941			10	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
36.08	Recreation	Playground Activities	More than 3500 New Orleans boys and girls of all ages are participating in summer long playground tournaments under direction of WPA recreation leaders. Exterior.	6/28/1940			13	13		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13
36.09	Recreation	Playgrounds	Behrman Memorial Stadium--proposed site of the stadium and athletic field near the Algiers Naval Station. Exterior.	2/15/1938	10/4/1937-	O.P. 165-64-3022	3	3		1; 2; 3
36.10	Recreation	Playgrounds	Behrman Memorial Stadium--WPA is levelling, grading, and constructing an athletic field and grandstand for Behrman Memorial High School in Algiers. Exterior.	6/23/1938	10/4/1937-	O.P. 165-64-3022	7	1		1
36.11	Recreation	Playgrounds	Behrman Memorial Stadium--panorama of stadium nearing completion at Behrman Playground in Algiers. Exterior.	5/12/1939	10/4/1937-	O.P. 165-64-3022	2	2		1; 2
36.12	Recreation	Playgrounds	Behrman Memorial Stadium--nearing completion. Exterior.	5/12/1939	10/4/1937-	O.P. 165-64-3022	2	2		1; 2
36.13	Recreation	Playgrounds	--demolition work begins on Baudin Street between Jefferson Davis Parkway and Clark Street for one of five new playgrounds for New Orleans children. Exterior.	3/29/1939	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	3	3		1; 2; 3
36.14	Recreation	Playgrounds	--one of the playgrounds now being developed by the WPA is located on Baudin Street between Jefferson Davis Parkway and Clark Street for one of five new playgrounds for New Orleans children. Exterior.	11/28/1939	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.15	Recreation	Playgrounds	--brick shelter houses and concrete wading pools have been constructed in three of the five WPA-built playgrounds. Exterior.	2/24/1940	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.16	Recreation	Playgrounds	--one of four new play areas given to the city of New Orleans by the WPA was recently dedicated. Exterior.	11/18/1940	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.17	Recreation	Playgrounds	Lafitte Playground--WPA workers will construct a swimming pool at this playground located on Lafitte Avenue near Claiborne Avenue between Marais and Villere Streets. Exterior.	4/23/1941			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.18	Recreation	Playgrounds	Mother Cabrini Playground--demolition work begins on the playground on Barracks Street between Dauphine and Burgundy Streets. Exterior.	3/28/1939	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	3	3		1; 2; 3
36.19	Recreation	Playgrounds	Mother Cabrini Playground--one of the playgrounds now being developed by the WPA in New Orleans. The playground development program was launched this summer after surveys revealed a definite lack of adequate playground facilities in certain sections of the city. Exterior.	11/28/1939	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.20	Recreation	Playgrounds	Mother Cabrini Playground--brick shelter houses and concrete wading pools have been constructed in three of the five WPA-built playgrounds. Exterior.	2/24/1940	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.21	Recreation	Playgrounds	Mother Cabrini Playground--the new WPA-built playground was recently dedicated. Exterior.	5/4/1940	5/16/1939	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.22	Recreation	Playgrounds	Poland Avenue Playground--WPA workers will improve a city-owned site at Poland and St. Claude Avenues, formerly the old car barn, by building a playground, police station and fire station. Plans call for the construction of the police station, 28x61 feet; stables and paddocks for mounted police, 60x131 feet; fire station, 60x70 feet; and the demolition of existing structures. WPA also will build a playground area and erect floodlighting facilities. Exterior.	1/30/1941			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.23	Recreation	Playgrounds	Poland Avenue Playground--WPA workers begin demolishing the old car barn site at Poland and St. Claude Avenues preparatory to constructing a playground area, a fire station, and a police station. Exterior.	2/11/1941			5	5		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.24	Recreation	Playgrounds	Poland Avenue Playground--WPA workers are constructing a playground, police station and fire station at Poland and St. Claude Avenues, formerly an old car barn. WPA crews demolished existing buildings and constructed the police station, 28x61 feet; stables and paddocks for mounted police, 60x131 feet; fire station, 60x70 feet; and the demolition of existing structures. Exterior.	1/2/1942			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.25	Recreation	Playgrounds	Poland Avenue Playground--a city-owned site at Poland and St. Claude Avenues, formerly the old car barn, now houses a WPA-built fire station, police station and playground. Exterior.	4/13/1942			11	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
36.26	Recreation	Playgrounds	Stallings Playground--playground under construction at Gentilly Avenue and LaHarpe Street. View showing excavating and laying of steel rods for the swimming pool. Exterior.	11/30/1937			3	3		1; 2; 3
36.27	Recreation	Playgrounds	Stallings Playground--swimming pool under construction. Exterior.	3/16/1938			2	2		1; 2
36.28	Recreation	Playgrounds	Stallings Playground--bath house under construction. Exterior.	5/16/1938			6	6		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
36.29	Recreation	Playgrounds	Stallings Playground--playground and swimming pool nearing completion. Exterior.	7/11/1938			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.30	Recreation	Playgrounds	Stallings Playground--bath house under construction. Exterior.	7/12/1938			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.31	Recreation	Playgrounds	Stallings Playground--recently completed to serve the children of the Gentilly section. Exterior.	4/12/1939			2	2		1; 2
36.32	Recreation	Playgrounds	Wisner Playground--one of five playgrounds to be upgraded by WPA workmen is located at Lyons, Upperline, Laurel and Annunciation Streets. Exterior.	3/29/1939	5/15/1939-	O.P. 665-64-2-155	4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.33	Recreation	Playgrounds	Wisner Playground--WPA workmen are demolishing and clearing away fram buildings and rubbish from five New Orleans sites preparatory to building additional playgrounds. Exterior.	5/15/1939	5/15/1939-	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	1, 2		1; 2
36.34	Recreation	Playgrounds	Wisner Playground--one of the playgrounds now being developed by WPA is located at Annunciation and Upperline Streets. Exterior.	11/28/1939	5/15/1939-	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.35	Recreation	Playgrounds	Wisner Playground--brick shelter houses and concrete wading pools have been constructed in three of the five WPA-built playgrounds. Exterior.	2/24/1940	5/15/1939-	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.36	Recreation	Playgrounds	Wisner Playground--of the four new WPA-built playgrounds just completed, the Wisner playground at Laurel and Lyons Streets ranks high. It is equipped with shelter houses, tenis court and a wading pool. Exterior.	11/18/1940	5/15/1939-	O.P. 665-64-2-155	2	2		1; 2
36.37	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Lorna Perrot and June Arnold at St. Roch Playground's popular tennis courts. Exterior.	7/31/1936			1	1		1
36.38	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Swimming and wading pools on all New Orleans playgrounds are more than popular these days. Both at St. Roch Playground are so crowded that these youngsters play volleyball while waiting their turn. Spectators enjoy the game almost as much as those who play it. Exterior.	7/31/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.39	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Herbert S. Price, Specialist in Drama--National Coordinating Project for Theatre, and Dr. Harrold D. Meyer, Regional Coordinator, Community Organization for Leisure, WPA, Chairman, Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, look over the WPA Louisiana Recreation Planning Conference in J. A. Zimmerman's office a day in advance of the opening session. Interior. Damaged negatives.	7/23/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.40	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Group photo of Louisiana WPA Recreational Supervisors and staff members who attended a five-day Recreation Planning Conference held late in July at the Hotel DeSoto. Interior.	7/24/1936			1	1		1
36.41	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Another group of WPA's Louisiana Recreational Supervisors and staff members who attended a five-day Recreation Planning Conference at the Hotel DeSoto. Interior.	7/24/1936			1	1		1
36.42	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	There is many a potential Jack Torrance on New Orleans playgrounds. Bill Regan, downtown youth, may some day covet Torrance's Olympic laurels at putting the shot. Exterior.	7/31/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.43	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Softball had its innings when several thousand residents across the river celebrated Algiers Recreation Day at the Martin Behrman Memorial Recreational Center and participated in an all day program arranged by WPA and National Youth Administration, the New Orleans Playground Commission and interested citizens. J. V. Higgins, WPA Recreational Area Supervisor umpires as Louis Wattigny smashes out a two-bagger. Jack Cheramie was all set to catch the ball before Louis' bat connected. Exterior.	8/1/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.44	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Officials at Algiers Recreation Day at the Martin Behrman Memorial Center. Exterior.	8/1/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.45	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	There were races and races at the Martin Behrman Memorial Center Saturday when several thousand families celebrated Algiers Recreation Day. Lourdes Soulant, Marion Brownlee, Isabel Forsyth, Joyce Harper, Ruth Phelps, Rosary Soulant, Myrtle Attenhoffer, and Carmen Carroll contested for supremacy in their age groups. Exterior.	8/1/1936			1	1		1
36.46	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Inner men and inner women, regardless of one's age, have to have lots of attention at a picnic. The hundreds of families who enjoyed Algiers Recreation Day at the Martin Behrman Memorial Center came early Saturday and spent the day. At noon dozens of groups sought shelter under the majestic oaks and dined while reclining on the close-cropped green grass, with baskets, bottles, bags, and hampers of food within easy grasp. Exterior.	8/1/1936			1	0		1
36.47	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Youngsters and grown-ups celebrating Algiers Recreation Day in the Martin Behrman Memorial Center. John A. Zimmerman, WPA's State Director of Recreation, and Thomas A. Fox, Treasurer of the New Orleans Playground Commission, are in the middle of the group. Mr. Fox is wearing a light suit and holding a tiny tot in his arms; Mr. Zimmerman is on his right. Exterior.	8/1/1936			1	0		1
36.48	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Left to right: Mrs. C. Marrero with her little son August C., Mrs. A. Fox with six of her seven youngsters, Mrs. Louis Wattigney with baby Thelma and Beauregard were among the hundreds of families who enjoyed picnic lunches at the WPA-NYA Recreation Day in Algiers. Exterior.	8/1/1936			1	1		1
36.49	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Game of horseshoes at St. Roch Playground with NYA workers instructing the children. Exterior.	7/31/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.50	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Little Josephine Michel, top, and Mildred Duffey may later climb the ladder of fame. When this picture was snapped at St. Roch Playground they were interested only in a thrilling shoot-the-chute ride. Exterior.	7/31/1936			1	1		1
36.51	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Just a few of the many pretty little misses, age group six to twelve, who may later bewilder judges with their attractive figures and piquant faces as grown-up bathing beauties. Exterior.	8/1/1936			3	0		1; 2; 3
36.52	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	NYA-WPA street showers. Exterior.	7/1/1936			1	0		1
36.53	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Children at first street shower arranged by NYA and WPA. Exterior.	7/11/1936			1	0		1
36.54	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	NYA-WPA extended summer showers program at the Broad Street fire station. Exterior.	7/27/1936			1	0		1
36.55	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Danneel's 55" boys indoor baseball team won the city championship, defeating McDonogh #31 by the score 8-3 on Capdau School grounds. Exterior.	8/2/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.56	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	City championship indoor baseball games, played on Capdau School grounds between McDonogh #31 and Wilson schools. The McDonogh #31 team won by the score 7-6. Exterior.	9/2/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.57	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	McDonogh #19's unlimited boys' indoor baseball team defeated Flower for the city championship by the score 7-4. It was a very interesting game. Exterior.	9/2/1936			2	2		1; 2
36.58	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Trophy winners of the WPA indoor baseball competition. Interior.	9/13/1936			1	1		1
36.59	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Miss Florence Dixon, principal of P. A. Capdau School, was awarded the trophy for the school scoring the highest number of points. Alex Norman, WPA monitor for the school, presented Miss Dixon with the prize at the presentation ceremonies on September 11, 1936. Interior.	9/13/1936			1	1		1
36.60	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Needle craft work (men) at Dibert Hospital. Mrs. Cazavo, Instructor). Interior.	9/1/1936			1	1		1
36.61	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Needle craft work (women) at Dibert Hospital. Interior.	9/1/1936			1	1		1
36.62	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Marionettes by the WPA Recreation Center. Interior.	5/28/1937			1	1		1
36.63	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Glamorous New Orleans, historical pageant given at Loyola Stadium in connection with the Spring Fiesta. The "Spirit of Industry" depicted by fifty young men and a group of Italian dancers depicting carnival spirit. Interior.	3/10/1937			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.64	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Banquet scene from the Glamorous New Orleans pageant. Exterior.	4/9/1937			2	2		1; 2
36.65	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Arrival of the Casket Girls from the Glamourous New Orleans pageant. Exterior.	4/9/1937			2	2		1; 2
36.66	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Japanese dancers from the Glamorous New Orleans pageant. Interior.	4/9/1937			1	1		1
36.67	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Philippine folk dance presented by a group of New Orleans Filipinos in the Glamorous New Orleans pageant. Interior.	4/9/1937			1	1		1
36.68	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA recreational dancers in a special feature for the Item Roto section. Interior.	11/24/1937			8	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
36.69	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA summer showers at 231 South Broad Street. Exterior.	7/1/1937			6	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
36.70	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Craft class workers of WPA's recreation division making costumes and props, and painting scenery for the Glamourous New Orleans historical pageant. Interior.	3/11/1937			2	2		1; 2
36.71	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA recreational activities in the Home for Incurables. Interior.	10/1/1937			2	2		1; 2
36.72	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Toys made by WPA recreational project. Interior.	10/1/1937			9	5		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
36.73	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA Recreation Training Center--craft classes. Interior.	5/20/1937			1	0		1
36.74	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA Recreation Training Center--modeling with clay. Interior.	5/20/1937			1	1		1
36.75	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Art craft by WPA Recreation Center--soap carvings and raffia basket. Interior.	5/20/1937			3 (2 damaged negatives)	3		1; 2; 3
36.76	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA recreational workers teaching Salvation Army workers tricks of Marionette. Interior.	4/10/1938			2	2		1; 2
36.77	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Marionette unit of the WPA recreation division--Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Interior.	4/15/1938			5	5		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.78	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Recreation workers finishing make-up for Marionette dolls (Times-Picayune feature story). Interior.	7/22/1938			3	3		1; 2; 3
36.79	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Santa Claus visits the Recreation Center at Canal Street headquarters. Interior.	12/20/1938			3	3		1; 2; 3
36.80	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Mexican and Indian folk dances. Interior.	12/13/1938			10	6		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
36.81	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Boys using street as playground. Exterior.	8/11/1938			2	0		1; 2
36.82	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA Recreational Unit, advance publicity for summer showers. Exterior.	6/6/1938			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.83	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Opening of WPA summer showers. Exterior.	6/14/1938			13	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13
36.84	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Annunciation Playground boys and WPA worker undertaking city's Harmonica Band. Exterior.	5/18/1938			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.85	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Crowd at St. Roch Playground for WPA Community Singing. Exterior.	6/10/1938			6	6		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
36.86	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Conversion of swimming pool into miniature theatre. Interior.	11/4/1938			3	3		1; 2; 3
36.87	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA craft instructor teaches Sea Scouts how to navigate. Exterior.	6/21/1938			6	6		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
36.88	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Quilt making. Interior.	3/17/1938			2	2		1; 2
36.89	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA worker with students in art classes. Interior.	6/10/1938			3	3		1; 2; 3
36.90	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Raymond Alexander, Art Instructor from the WPA Recreation Division, corrects the work of seventeen year old Dorothy Heim while Adelaide Kron, 14 (left) and her sister Jane (right) learn by looking in the summer art classes of girls from Sophie Wright High School, organized as one of many conducted through cooperation of the WPA Recreation Division and the Federal Art Project. Interior.	6/14/1938			2	2		1; 2
36.91	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Recreational group attending school of the National Institute of Recreation. Interior.	1/31/1939			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.92	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Recreation workers take part in a historical pageant in front of Jackson Square. Exterior.	2/19/1939			12	11, 12		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
36.93	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA dancers who participated in the "Pages from History," presented by the Recreation Division in the open air Lakefront Theatre. Exterior.	5/15/1939			8	8		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
36.94	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Formal opening of the WPA's summer showers program at Engine House 26, 231 South Broad Street. Twice a week the sprays will be turned on in the twenty-nine locations for the benefit of the children and under the supervision of the WPA recreation leaders. Exterior.	7/7/1939			5	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.95	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Seventy-five boys selected from New Orleans playgrounds leave for a five day outing at the Mayor Maestri-WPA kids camp at Camp Salmen near Slidell. Exterior.	6/14/1938			5	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.96	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	American Legion-WPA baseball team at City Park. Exterior.	6/9/1939			3	0		1; 2; 3
36.97	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	"Extra Little Theatre" built into the unused swimming pool in the basement of the old Moose Hall at 1430 Canal Street, which seats about sixty-five persons. Interior.	1/27/1939			7	7		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
36.98	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA recreation division dancers on opening night of "This Work Pays Your Community Week" at the Municipal Auditorium. Interior.	4/21/1940			10	10		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
36.99	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	All set for a week's encampment at Camp Bena Lea near Covington are these girls from New Orleans public playgrounds. Negative 1: Margaret Firmin, 2536 Lavender St., Capdau School; Dorothy Couvillion, 1329 Eagle St., Flower School; and Gloria Thurman, 5962 Colbert St., St. Anthony School. Negative 2: Anna France, 2408 Valence St., Lourdes School; Anna Mae Meyer, 8628 Willow St., Mater Dolorosa School; Dorothy Anselmo, 315 South Prieur Street, McDonogh #11 School; and Nancy Aucoin, 2334 General Taylor St., Lourdes School. Exterior.	8/19/1940			4	4		1; 2; 3; 4
36.100	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Champions of the WPA Summer Playground League awarded plaques at St. Joseph School. Interior.	8/27/1940			9	9		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
36.101	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	The WPA recreation division has organized two shuffleboard leagues which hold weekly games. Shuffleboard has become a popular sport at many of the WPA-supervised parks in the city and the new unit at the recreation center, 1420 Canal Street, makes it possible to play the game at night. Interior.	4/21/1941			6	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
36.102	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA recreation leaders instructing caddies at the City Park golf club how to play shuffleboard. The WPA built the caddie house at the park as a general headquarters and recreation center for the caddies in their leisure time. Exterior.	8/15/1941			3	0		1; 2; 3
36.103	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Pre-school center of the WPA recreation division at 611 Esplanade Avenue. These negatives were taken of the children's Halloween party. Interior.	10/31/1941			2	0		1; 2
36.104	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	The U.S. Army maintains a recreation center at Lake Pontchartrain for the benefit of soldiers on weekend leaves. WPA recreation leaders serve as hostesses, information clerks and recreation leaders. Interior.	6/14/1941			10	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
36.105	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Copy of photo layout of WPA recreation projects lending assistance to military authorities. Upper left: U.S. Army recreation center supervised by WPA recreation leaders; top center: WPA conducted dances at WPA recreation center; right, upper and lower: scenes in the soldier center at Shreveport, Louisiana; lower left: WPA recreation leaders serve as guides for soldier tours of New Orleans.	6/17/1941			3	0		1; 2; 3
36.106	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	The WPA recreation division is again making American women weaving conscious. Classes are held twice weekly and are open to the public at the recreation center, 1420 Canal Street. Bottom, left to right: Mrs. Eveline Selby, 3707 Camp St.; Miss Mabel Church, 1227 Lowerline St.; Miss Bernice Walker, WPA instructor; Mrs. Edwin Baumgartner, 401 Nashville Ave., president of the Danneel School Cooperative Club; and Miss Elena Meehan, 2804 South Carrollton Ave., assistant at the New Orleans Convalescent Home. Interior.	8/15/1941			5	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.107	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA handicraft class at LaGarde General Hospital. Negatives 1 & 2: front row, l-r--Private Wilma Nichols, Newport, Arkansas; Private Norman Pruett, Flint, Michigan; Private Carvey Deal, Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Inez Michell, WPA supervisor; Private John Gregor, Republic, Pennsylvania; Private Tom Sylvester, Kokomo, Indiana; Private William Junk, Manatowac, Wisconsin. Back row, l-r--Private Lloyd Knapp, New Orleans; Lieutenant Mildred T. Stapleton, army nurse; Terry Needleman, Brooklyn, New York. Negative 3: Nurse Stapleton and Private Junk. Negative 4: Private Junk. Negative 5: Mrs. Michell and Privates Sylvester and Pruett. Negative 6: Foreground, Staff Sergeant Frederick Ramer, Minneapolis; Private Eugene Kemper, Cottondale, Alabama; Second Lieutenant Irene Newman. Negative 7: Sergeant Ramer, Private Kemper; Miss Florence Jennings, Red Cross worker. Interior.	10/23/1941			13	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13
36.108	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	WPA recreation leaders have installed dark room facilities at their center, 1420 Canal Street, to accommodate visiting soldiers and sailors. Interior.	5/15/1942			2	0		1; 2
36.109	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	Regular recreational activities are conducted by WPA recreation leaders at the Iberville Housing Project. Shown here is a track meet in which boy residents of the project participated. Exterior.	6/15/1942			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.110	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	These young WPA recreation leaders serve as camp hostesses at the U.S. Army's recreation center at Lake Pontchartrain, presiding over the service headquarters, directing visiting soldiers to parties, socials and points of interest around town. Their uniforms were made by the WPA sewing project. Negatives 5, 6, 7, 8: Lyle Carter, Dorothy Morrison, Marion Donnelly and Rosalie Chuter. Interior.	2/9/1942			9	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
36.111	Recreation	Recreation Project for Whites	When WPA recreational activities were offered to residents of the Bienville Housing Project these women enthusiastically joined the weaving class. They are shown here shaping baskets under the direction of a WPA recreation leader. Interior.	6/15/1942			5	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.112	Recreation	Recreational Unit	Left to right, John Zimmerman, Mrs. Sylvia Mariner, Regional Supervisor of Recreation and Education, and Mr. Robert Braford, National Consultant on Community Relations. Interior.	3/13/1940			2	2		1; 2
36.113	Recreation	Summer Showers	For the fifth consecutive year the WPA recreation project begins its summer showers program. Boys and girls of New Orleans will cool off at seventeen locations in the city. The formal opening of the program, shown here, was held at the fire station at 231 South Broad Street. Exterior.	7/1/1940			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.114	Recreation	Summer Showers	Robert Deroche, 20 months, 3614 Cleveland Avenue; Syble Sabella, 20 months, 2532 Cleveland Avenue; and Earl Verbois, 16 months, 3612 Cleveland Avenue. Exterior.	7/1/1940			1	0		1
36.115	Recreation	Summer Showers	Joyce Deroche, 11 years, 2519 Bienville Street and Robert Deroche, 20 months, 3614 Cleveland Avenue. Exterior.	7/1/1940			1	0		1
36.116	Recreation	Summer Showers	Parsy Ann Floyd, 2 years, 2625 Palmyra Street and Eddie Dusand, 2 years, 2643 Palmyra Street. Exterior.	7/1/1940			1	0		1
36.117	Recreation	Summer Showers	Lieutenant Bat Otillio; Pipeman Richard Cochran, Engine House 26, Hook & Ladder 9; and Barbara Lee Grager, age 2, 214 South Broad Street. Exterior.	7/1/1940			1	0		1
36.118	Recreation	Volunteer Recreation Workers--White	Volunteer recreation leaders attend a workshop course in recreation sponsored by the American Women's Voluntary Services, the Civilian Defense Volunteer Office, the Council of Social Agencies, and the WPA recreation project. After they have completed the twenty-four hour course, they will be available for appointment by these organizations as recreation leaders wherever there is a need for such leadership. Interior.	3/25/1942			9	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
36.119	Recreation	WPA-Conducted Tour for Soldiers	Soldiers from the various camps in Louisiana and Mississippi who come to New Orleans for brief periods of weekend leaves are shown around that quaint old historic city by guides supplied by the WPA recreation division. Here the WPA guide is showing his group of military tourists an old tank, relic of the World War which is housed in the Louisiana State Museum or Cabildo as shown in negatives 3 & 4; negatives 5 & 6, old stairway in the Cabildo with historic paintings on the wall; negatives 1 & 2, Jackson Square.	5/26/1941			6	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
36.120	Recreation	WPA Hostesses at the U.S. Army Recreation Center	The young ladies from the WPA recreation program in New Orleans who serve as hostesses at the army's recreation center are now wearing uniforms with corporal stripes. They work on weekends while the soldiers are in town, maintaining the two recreation huts at the center. Two hostesses shown here are Miss Marian Donnelly and Miss Rose Chuter. Interior.	7/19/1941			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.121	Recreation	WPA Recreation Leaders Teach Enlisted Men to Dance	The WPA is teaching soldiers and sailors how to act in a ball room at the project's center on Canal Street which has been turned into a dancing school for service men. Negative 7 shows Miss Miriam Summersgill, Assistant Supervisor of the project, demonstrating a simple one-step to Private John Morgan of Jackson, Ohio. Negatives 5 & 6 show Miss Summersgill with Private Paul Morrison of Warrensburg, Missouri. Interior.	7/22/1941			3	0		1; 2; 3
36.122	Recreation	WPA Recreational Center	Interior views of the Center at 1420 Canal Street.	3/26/1940			4	0		1; 2; 3; 4
36.123	Recreation	WPA Summer Camp	The Mayor Maestri-WPA Summer Camp at Covington. Interior.	9/2/1938			5	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
36.124	Recreation		[Swings at a playground]. No negative. Exterior.					1		1
36.125	Recreation		[Baseball game at a playground]. No negative. Exterior.					1		1
36.126	Recreation		[Entrance to Olive Stallings Playground] No negative. Exterior.					1		1

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