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Lecture 5: The New Deal Order

 

Photograph of Huey Long.

Huey Long was a flamboyant orator. Photo by NARS, FDR Library NPX-83-73. http://www.ssa.gov/history/longsen.html

 

Photograph of Frances Perkins.

Perkins, Frances. Photograph. Ca. 1932. Location: Biographical File. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-1132. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a04000/3a04900/3a04983r.jpg

 

Construction of a Dam.

Construction of a Dam. Credits: William Gropper, Department of Interior.

 

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, prepares to christen the SS Booker T. Washington, talks to two Negro workmen who helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation.

Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, prepares to christen the SS Booker T. Washington, talks to two Negro workmen who helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation. Palmer, Alfred T., photographer. Created/published: 1942 Sept. 29. Library of Congress reproduction number: LC-USE6-D-007656 DLC (b&w film neg.) Digital ID: (intermediary roll film) fsa 8b05211.

 

Negro slums. Alexander Court between K and L streets, N.W. Woman and her two children have lived in four small rooms eight and one half years and pay twelve fifty a month for rent. Water and privy in the yard. Rents in nearby houses have gone up but not here. Washington, D.C..

Negro slums. Alexander Court between K and L streets, N.W. Woman and her two children have lived in four small rooms eight and one half years and pay twelve fifty a month for rent. Water and privy in the yard. Rents in nearby houses have gone up but not here. Washington, D.C.. Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910- photographer. Created/published: 1941 Sept. Library of Congress reproduction number: LC-USF34-090002-D DLC (b&w film neg.) Digital ID: (intermediary roll film) fsa 8c28067.