Series Number |
Project |
Series Title |
Description |
Date Taken |
Project Dates |
OP # |
Negatives |
Contact Prints |
8x10 Prints |
Digital # |
47.01 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Concordia Parish |
WPA sign on new farm-to-market road being constructed on levee park at Deer Park, between Shaw and Willette. Exterior. |
2 |
0 |
1; 2 | ||||
47.02 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Concordia Parish |
Signs showing the legends of the WPA project to remove the town site of Vidalia. WPA workmen are laying out the new town site for Vidalia by cutting new streets, laying sidewalks and utility poles. This view shows Spruce Street in the background, one of the new thoroughfares cut by WPA. Exterior. |
5/25/1939 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
47.03 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Jefferson Parish |
National Educational Association negro night school at Kenner. Interior. |
12/22/1936 |
2 |
2 |
1; 2 | |||
47.04 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Ouachita Parish |
WPA workmen are protected by safety practices. This view shows safety sign on WPA job near Monroe. Exterior. |
7/15/1936 |
1 |
1 |
1 | |||
47.05 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Ouachita Parish |
Sign on entrance to new WPA-built swimming pool in Forsythe Park (Monroe). Exterior. |
5/22/1938 |
2 |
2 |
1; 2 > | |||
47.06 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Plaquemines Parish |
WPA sign at Belle Chasse carrying legend regarding the WPA construction of an auditorium. Exterior. |
2/7/1939 |
2 |
2 |
1; 2 | |||
47.07 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Rapides Parish |
WPA sign on Post Exchange building at Camp Beauregard (Alexandria). Exterior. |
4/6/1937 |
O.P. 165-64-2506 |
1 |
1 |
1 | ||
47.08 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
Rapides Parish |
WPA sign at Glenmora carrying legend praising President Roosevelt and his new deal program. Exterior. |
2/10/1938 |
5 |
5 |
1; 2; 3; 4; 5 | |||
47.09 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
St. Bernard Parish |
This project included the alignment of headstones at the National Cemetery at Chalmette and the renovating and repairing of buildings on the reservation. Exterior. |
4/26/1937 |
9/1/1938 |
O.P. 765-64-2-4 |
3 |
3 |
1; 2; 3 | |
47.10 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
St. Bernard Parish |
WPA sign--eradication of White Fringed Beetle in St. Bernard Parish. Exterior. |
6/20/1938 |
O.P. 465-64-2-113 |
1 |
1 |
1 | ||
47.11 |
Parishes Outside Orleans |
St. Landry Parish |
WPA sign carrying legend of paving project in Opelousas. Exterior. |
11/12/1938 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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