Skills of the Unemployed exhibition
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Description
Woman sits next to a spinning wheel in a textiles display as part of the WPA's Skills of the Unemployed exhibition, next to the textiles display is a large sign which reads, "Skills of the unemployed, this exhibition shows the skills and creative ability of America's workers on WPA non-construction projects pending reemployment of private capital, these projects constitute less than one fifth of the Works Progress Administration's whole program." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Works Progress Administration (WPA)."
Details
- Resource ID:
- EB02d217
- Subject:
- United States. Works Progress Administration
- Exhibitions--Michigan--Detroit
- Unemployed--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5.25 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 554
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.

