Workers Building Trails for National Zoological Park

ID: 2003-19548 and 2003-19549

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1934

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 74 Box 217 Folder 6

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Summary

These two photographs show Civil Works Administration laborers building trails in the National Zoological Park and constructing a stone wall to hold the trail. The Civil Works Administration was a program designed by the New Deal Administration to employ men during the Great Depression.

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 74 Box 217 Folder 6

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1934

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Construction
  • Landscapes
  • Zoos
  • Civil Works Administration (CWA)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Grounds
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)--Construction

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

2003-19548 and 2003-19549

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 4 1/2w x 7h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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