Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Catalog Number |
1998.45.25 |
Creator |
Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Date |
1935-1939 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-8.5 W-11 inches |
Description |
This is Plate 12 of the American Flag watercolor illustration series done as an educational aid by the Kentucky WPA. It features an illustration of the Third Maryland flag. |
Notes |
The administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932-1945) created the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to provide jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. In 1935, the Federal Art Project became part of the WPA, which resulted in jobs for hundreds of artists. In Kentucky, this manifested itself as the WPA State-Wide Museum Project, which produced plaster models of historic buildings and hand tinted silk-screened prints as "Aids to Visual Education." |
Collection |
Mary Rees Brooks Collection |
Event |
Great Depression |
People |
Brooks, Mary Rees Kentucky Works Progress Administration |
Subjects |
Flags Prints |
Search Terms |
Kentucky State-Wide Museum Project, WPA |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |