A Better Missouri 1937

About

On WPA projects in Missouri. Gravel is quarried. Streets are paved in St. Louis and county roads surfaced. The Joplin airport is graded and surfaced. Shows schools under construction. A square dance is held in the Winona community hall. Clay is dug, sampled, and made into pottery. Women learn hand weaving. Shows agricultural exhibits at the Sedalia State Fair and nursery school activities. WPA geological units survey for water, wells are dug, and water is tested for mineral content. Sewers are repaired in St. Louis.

National Archives Identifier: 12318

Local Identifier: 69.2

* Creator(s): Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. (07/01/1939 - 06/30/1943) (Most Recent)

* From: Series : Motion Picture Films, compiled 1931 - 1937

* Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944

* Level of Description: Item

* Type(s) of Archival Materials: Moving Images

* This item was produced or created: 1937

The creator compiled or maintained the series between: 1931 - 1937

* General Note(s): Subject summary is available.

* Contributor: Producer, Works Progress Administration. Made by Pathe News.

Archive

Internet Archive, in Ephemeral films

Licence or status

Public Domain Mark 1.0, as the Internet Archive states it.

Credit

Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration

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