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A full house, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann, 1 - NARA - 541890

A full house, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Ope...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

WPA, FAP, kids involved in metal projects in New York City - NARA - 196144

WPA, FAP, kids involved in metal projects in New York City - NARA - 19...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depression. The program put people t... More

Hindenburg over New York 1937

Hindenburg over New York 1937

Photo of the Hindenburg over New York City on May 6, 1937. A few hours after this photo was taken, the airship crashed and burned at Lakehurst, NJ while trying to land.

City of New York municipal airports LCCN96510345

City of New York municipal airports LCCN96510345

Title: City of New York municipal airports Abstract: Poster promoting New York's municipal airports, Floyd Bennett Field and North Beach, East River Seaplane bases, Wall Street and 31st Street, showing airplane... More

New York City municipal airports, WPA poster, ca. 1937

New York City municipal airports, WPA poster, ca. 1937

City of New York municipal airports: No. 1 Floyd Bennett Field - No. 2 North Beach. F.H. La Guardia, Mayor – John McKenzie, Commissioner of Docks. Poster promoting New York's municipal airports, Floyd Bennett F... More

Archives of American Art - Adolf Dehn, Elizabeth Olds and Reginald Marsh - 3268

Archives of American Art - Adolf Dehn, Elizabeth Olds and Reginald Mar...

Identification on verso (handwritten): Adolf Dehn; Elizabeth Old and ?; Reginald Marsh facing camera. Idenfication on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Art Project; Photography Division; 1... More

Archives of American Art - Arshile Gorky - 3043

Archives of American Art - Arshile Gorky - 3043

Gorky working on "Modern Aviation" murals in Newark Airport for the Federal Art Project. Identification on verso (stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City... More

Archives of American Art - Edward Laning - 2937

Archives of American Art - Edward Laning - 2937

Edward Laning working on mural for Ellis Island.Identification on verso (handwritten) : Edward Laning and assistants work on Ellis Island Mural, "The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of Ameri... More

Archives of American Art - Elizabeth Olds - 2309

Archives of American Art - Elizabeth Olds - 2309

Identification on verso (typewritten): Prize winning artist inspects proof fresh from graphic studio. Elizabeth Olds at work; New York City.

Archives of American Art - Elizabeth Olds - 2850

Archives of American Art - Elizabeth Olds - 2850

Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 235 East 42nd Street; New York City Graphic arts; Elizabeth Olds at work; Date: 6/5/37; Negative No.: 2324-3... More

Archives of American Art - Emily Barto - 1954

Archives of American Art - Emily Barto - 1954

Identification on verso right (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A., Photographic Division, 235 East 42nd Street, New York City Location: Fordham Hospital Date: 10/6/37 Negative No.: 2533-4 Ph... More

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2252

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2252

Maccoy working on a mural for the WPA Federal Art Project.Identification on verso (handwritten and typed): Please Credit Photograph to: W.P.A. Federal Art Project; 6 East 39th St., New York, N.Y. Negative No.:... More

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2904

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2904

Maccoy at work on a mural. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during the Great Depressi... More

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2905

Archives of American Art - Guy Maccoy - 2905

Maccoy at work on a mural. Identification on verso (typewritten): Map of North and South America, Mural on the first floor of the Brooklyn Museum, Mr. Maccoy at work, U.S. Works Progress Administration, Art Wor... More

Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 1950

Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 1950

Bannarn working on a sculpture for the WPA Federal Art Project. Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): 23333-D, New York, New York Henry Bannarn, negro sculptor of the N.Y.C. WPA Art Project and a... More

Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 3156 CROPPED

Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 3156 CROPPED

Bannarn standing with sculpture.Identification on accompanying label (typewritten):23334-D, New York, New York Henry Bannarn, negro sculptor of the N.Y.C. WPA Art Project and a teacher at the Harlem Community ... More

Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 3156

Archives of American Art - Henry W. Bannarn - 3156

Bannarn standing with sculpture.Identification on accompanying label (typewritten):23334-D, New York, New York Henry Bannarn, negro sculptor of the N.Y.C. WPA Art Project and a teacher at the Harlem Community ... More

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 2122 (cropped)

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 2122 (cropped)

Glenn at easel painting model in military uniform.Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped): Picture of artist Glenn and model Identification on verso, right (handwritten and stamped): Federal Ar... More

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 2122

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 2122

Glenn at easel painting model in military uniform.Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped): Picture of artist Glenn and model Identification on verso, right (handwritten and stamped): Federal Ar... More

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 3048

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 3048

Glenn at easel with model. Identification on verso, left (handwritten and stamped: Picture of artist Glenn and model. Identification on verso, right (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photo... More

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 3254

Archives of American Art - John Glenn - 3254

Glenn at easel with model.Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): Federal Art Project W.P.A.; Photographic Division; 110 King Street; New York city Location: Photo of Artist Glenn and Model Robinson... More

Archives of American Art - Leonard Seweryn Jenkins - 2179

Archives of American Art - Leonard Seweryn Jenkins - 2179

Jenkins working on a cultural outline map. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Art Project; Photography Division; 110 King StreetNeg. No.: P1-B; Artist: Leonard Jenkins & Guy... More

Archives of American Art - Romuald Kraus - 2208

Archives of American Art - Romuald Kraus - 2208

Kraus working on sculpture for the WPA Federal Art Project.Identification on verso (stamped): Pinchos Horn Photographer Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): Sculpture for the Evander Childs High ... More

32B Secretary Treasurer Office

32B Secretary Treasurer Office

The 32B Secretary Treasurer's office in 1937: Clockwise from the left: Elsie Collier, Vera Carr, Moira Smith, Gertrude Lynch, Evelyn Adelman, and Elizabeth Steinman New York City, NY USA

Harry Herzog First foreign trade zone, WPA poster, 1937

Harry Herzog First foreign trade zone, WPA poster, 1937

Poster for the City of New York Department of Docks, showing smokestack of ship and cargo being loaded. Text: "The United States' first foreign trade zone: Staten Island, City of New York, opened February 1, 1937."

Jack Rivolta, First foreign trade zone, WPA poster, 1937

Jack Rivolta, First foreign trade zone, WPA poster, 1937

Poster for the City of New York Department of Docks, showing five ocean liners. Text: "The United States' first foreign trade zone: Staten Island, City of New York, opened February 1, 1937."

Fordham Football - Calisthenics workout (1937)

Fordham Football - Calisthenics workout (1937)

Press photo of the Fordham Rams football team working out, 1937.

Grand Opera House, 23rd Street and 8th Avenue - crop

Grand Opera House, 23rd Street and 8th Avenue - crop

Grand Opera House, northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street, New York, N. Y.

Grand Opera House, 23rd Street and 8th Avenue

Grand Opera House, 23rd Street and 8th Avenue

Grand Opera House, northwest corner of Eighth Avenue and 23rd Street, New York, N. Y.

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-2 (headshot)

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-2 (headshot)

Cast photograph of Norman Lloyd in the Federal Theatre Project production of Power, a Living Newspaper play at the Ritz Theatre (February–August 1937)

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-1

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-1

Cast photograph of Norman Lloyd in the Federal Theatre Project production of Power, a Living Newspaper play at the Ritz Theatre (February–August 1937)

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-2 (cropped)

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-2 (cropped)

Cast photograph of Norman Lloyd in the Federal Theatre Project production of Power, a Living Newspaper play at the Ritz Theatre (February–August 1937)

One-Act-Plays-of-the-Sea-Long-Voyage-Home-2

One-Act-Plays-of-the-Sea-Long-Voyage-Home-2

Photograph of a scene from the Federal Theatre Project production of One-Act Plays of the Sea—the Eugene O'Neill cycle now commonly called S.S. Glencairn—at the Lafayette Theatre One-Act Plays of the Sea. The ... More

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-2

Norman-Lloyd-Power-1937-2

Cast photograph of Norman Lloyd in the Federal Theatre Project production of Power, a Living Newspaper play at the Ritz Theatre (February–August 1937)

Power-26-Tower-Lloyd

Power-26-Tower-Lloyd

Photograph of Allan Tower (Electric Company Manager) and Norman Lloyd (Consumer) in the Federal Theater Project production of Power, a Living Newspaper play at the Ritz Theatre (February–August 1937)

One-Act-Plays-of-the-Sea-Long-Voyage-Home

One-Act-Plays-of-the-Sea-Long-Voyage-Home

Photograph of a scene from the Federal Theatre Project production of One-Act Plays of the Sea—the Eugene O'Neill cycle now commonly called S.S. Glencairn—at the Lafayette Theatre One-Act Plays of the Sea. The ... More

Power-18-Noack-Lloyd

Power-18-Noack-Lloyd

Photograph of Robert Noack as The Man Who Knows All, explaining the kilowatt hour to the Consumer (Norman Lloyd) in the Federal Theater Project production of Power, a Living Newspaper play at the Ritz Theatre ... More

Power FTP 2

Power FTP 2

Photo of the original New York production of Power by the Federal Theatre Project

One-Act-Plays-of-the-Sea-1937

One-Act-Plays-of-the-Sea-1937

Photograph of a scene from the Federal Theatre Project production of One-Act Plays of the Sea—the Eugene O'Neill cycle now commonly called S.S. Glencairn—at the Lafayette Theatre Cast includes the following:Up... More

Sweet-Land-Cast-1937

Sweet-Land-Cast-1937

Photograph of a scene from the Federal Theatre Project production of Conrad Seiler's play Sweet Land at the Lafayette Theatre

Ritz-Theatre-Power-1937

Ritz-Theatre-Power-1937

Photograph of the marquee and exterior of the Ritz Theatre during the run of the Federal Theatre Project production of Power (The Living Newspaper, February–July 1937)

Sweet-Land-Green-1937

Sweet-Land-Green-1937

Photograph of Doe Doe Green as Chet Jackson in the Federal Theatre Project production of Conrad Seiler's play Sweet Land at the Lafayette Theatre

Watercolrs and Drawings, FAP poster 1937

Watercolrs and Drawings, FAP poster 1937

Poster for Watercolrs and Drawings show at Federal Art Gallery, NYC

Mario von Bucovich - Manhattan Magic. A Collection of eighty-five Photographs, 1937

Mario von Bucovich - Manhattan Magic. A Collection of eighty-five Phot...

Deutsch: Mario von Bucovich: Manhattan Magic. A Collection of eighty-five Photographs. (New York, M. B. Publishing Company 1937). 4°