In 1935, President Roosevelt initiated the Works Progress Administration to both create jobs and to encourage community spirit. The much respected New Deal agency recruited millions of Americans from all walks of life and launched thousands of valuable public service projects around the nation. The WPA was a great supporter of artists, writers, designers and publishing., and inspired a wealth of wonderful public service posters like these:
Travel Between The Pages 
Guess I will try to catch up on some of the classic writers this month. Haven’t read Dickens since school :).
Love these posters! Colorado Springs has a couple of WPA murals that I’ve been meaning to research and write about. Will have to get to that–
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