L. Great Depression

WPA Workers Make Improvements to Charleston Navy Yard | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 13

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The WPA undertook large, as well as small, construction projects, and the character of some of their projects began to change in 1939 and 1940, as the nation turned its attention to the war that had...

Benefits of Farm Security Administration | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 12

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The Farm Security Administration, a part of the Department of Agriculture, carried out a number of projects to help rural Americans improve their lives. These projects ranged from helping to combat...

WPA Workers Prepare Hot Meals for Children | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 11

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School children in Greenville eat hot lunches prepared by WPA workers. Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.

Baby Receives Inoculation Against Typhoid | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 10

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A WPA nurse's aid and a county health doctor give an inoculation against typhoid to a small African-American patient in Charleston. Photo by Wilson, WPA. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

Children Getting Their Teeth Checked, WPA Healthcare | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 9

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An important component of the work of the WPA in South Carolina was providing health care for children throughout the state. Here, children in a classroom have their teeth checked. 1930s. Courtesy of...

Historical Records Survey, a Lasting WPA Contribution | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 8

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Writers, as well as laborers, were out of work during the Depression, and the WPA tried to put both men and women into jobs suitable to their skills. One of the lasting contributions of the WPA in...

WPA Workers Cut Wood for Needy Families | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 7

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In Columbia, WPA workers cut wood for distribution to the needy by the Salvation Army. The project flourished under the WPA and its city of Columbia and Salvation Army sponsorship from 1935 to 1942...

Civilian Conservation Corps | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

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One of the most popular of all the New Deal efforts to provide relief during the depression was the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was designed to take young men who did not have...

Sewer Line in Hampton, SC, A Works Progress Administration Project | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

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The program of the New Deal that touched the most individuals was probably the Works Progress Administration, better known as the WPA. Created in 1935, its purpose was to put people of all ages and...

Agricultural Adjustment Act Controversy | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

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One of the most controversial aspects of the First New Deal was the Agricultural Adjustment Act, or the AAA. This legislation was intended to help farmers by reducing the quantity of farm production...

Unionization Parade for Saxon Mills | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

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A unionization parade for Saxon Mills, Spartanburg, in 1935. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

One Family's Mass Migration in Search of Better Fortune | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

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"One family's mass migration in search of better fortune: Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Aitken and their 14 children, passing through Richmond, Virginia on a hike to Springfield, Ohio from Springfield, South...

Promissory Note During Great Depression | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Great Depression, beginning with the stock market crash in 1929, brought hardship to South Carolinians. Much of the South was poor long before the Depression because, as an agricultural region, it...