From 1936-43, the federal government commissioned the Work Projects Administration to create a series of beautiful posters advertising local events, theater productions and more. The WPA was one of ...

Next year's commemorative stamps will feature a retrospective on the Works Progress Administration, better known as the WPA. Created by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration in 1935 as a way to ...

The iconic adage “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” coined in 1939 by Winston Churchill, the famous British statesman, has been used to describe all sorts of mysteries over the years.

Federal travel posters designed in the Depression-era pop up as the 18th-century building gears up for big anniversaries. "Places for the People: WPA Travel Posters," at Carpenters' Hall celebrates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chester Don Powell, one of the artists employed by the Federal Art Project, works on a WPA poster for Yosemite National Park. The ...

In times not unlike our own Great Recession, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt struck a “New Deal” with the American people in response to the Great Depression in the 1930s. The deal aimed to ...

Next year's commemorative stamps will feature a retrospective on the Works Progress Administration, better known as the WPA. Created by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration in 1935 as a way to ...