Series Number	Project	Series Title	Description	Date Taken	Project Dates	OP #	Negatives	Contact Prints	8x10 Prints	Digital #
42.01	Training and Re-Employment	Delgado Trades School	WPA workers, carefully selected for their aptitude, are attending a welding school at Delgado. When they have completed the course, they will be proficient in trades vitally needed by the defense program.	9/30/1941			5	0		1; 2
42.02	Training and Re-Employment	Delgado Trades School	These WPA workers are taking a refresher course in welding at Delgado so that they may become eligible for employment in private industry which is now demanding skilled workers.	10/11/1941			7	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
42.03	Training and Re-Employment	Foster Awning	These WPA workers are being given in-plant training at the Foster Awning Company. They are being taught to make tents for the army and will be placed on the payroll of the company when they have completed their training period.	6/5/1942			11	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
42.04	Training and Re-Employment	New Orleans Airport	Ten young WPA workers are attending a school at the New Orleans Municipal Airport to learn to be airport groundmen. The school is being conducted jointly by the WPA and the U.S. Office of Education and is part of the national defense program. Students will be taught the fundamentals of radio, airplane and motor mechanics, theory of flight, CAA laws and regulations, and other subjects pertaining to education.	4/23/1941			5	5		1; 2; 3; 4; 5
42.05	Training and Re-Employment	New Orleans Airport	A class of WPA workers who are studying to be airport ground service men at the New Orleans Municipal Airport. Men who complete the course will be qualified for maintenance and service duties at airports. Special training is given in elementary electricity, internal combustion engines, aviation fuels, weather, theory of flight, and aircraft structure. E. A. Wilkinson is instructor of the course.	8/8/1941			6	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

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