A better Minnesota /
On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household trai...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Washington, D.C. :
United States. Works Progress Administration,
1937.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Minnesota. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and WPA units battle a forest fire. Shows dams under construction at Lakeland, St. Paul, etc. WPA members supervise nursery school operations. Children are given medical examinations. Shows household training classes and scenes at a children's vacation camp. Sioux and Chippewa Indians weave, embroider, and make beads. Pink granite is quarried and building construction begins. Shows WPA exhibits at the 1936 State Fair and fair ground improvements made by the WPA. County roads are graded and surfaced. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (10 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:09:20 |