Health for Efficiency

Title

Health for Efficiency

Description

This poster, sponsored by the Adult Education Project of the Board of Education and WPA, is an advertisement for free courses on "health education." Topics covered included "everyday problems in healthful living" and "first aid." Programs such as these encouraged the public to be proactive when it came to both their health and education.

Established in 1935, as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration was created as a relief measure. Through a variety of programs, such as construction and reforestation, it offered work to the unemployed. By the time the project was terminated in 1943, it had provided work for more than 8,500,000 people on 1,410,000 projects. Over 650,000 miles of roads were built, and thousands of bridges, parks, and public buildings were repaired.

The Federal Arts Project was a special program under the WPA, which allowed thousands of otherwise unemployed artists to decorate businesses with their work. They created more than 2,500 murals and 17,500 pieces of sculpture all over the United States. Over 2,000 posters were also created, which addressed issues such as education and public health, reflecting the state of the nation during World War II. This program paved the way for both the National Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Creator

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan)

Date

1936-1941

Source

https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3f00000/3f05000/3f05300/3f05377r.jpg

Relation

The Works Projects Administration in Indiana. (n.d.) Indiana University : Lily Library's History Collections. Retrieved Oct 5, 2012 from http://bit.ly/9dc7HB

Link: Library of Congress

Rights

Source: The Works Progress Administration. (n.d.) Public Broadcasting Service:American Experience. Retrieved Oct 5, 2012 from http://to.pbs.org/NE38wq

Publisher

Library of Congress

Contributor

Ben Kaplan

Format

Medium: Poster.

Language

English

Type

Posters

Identifier

WPA, Health Education, FDR, Federal Arts Project, Education, Posters

Coverage

United States

Files

https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3f00000/3f05000/3f05300/3f05377r.jpg

Reference

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan), Health for Efficiency, Library of Congress, 1936-1941

Cite As

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan), “Health for Efficiency,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 28, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/243.