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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

(Women) (Arts & Crafts) WPA Milwaukee Handicraft Project # 10235

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Handcrafted portfolio from the famed Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project, c. 1939— an example of the quality and beauty found in surviving artifacts from  what is thought by many to be one of the most successful and socially diverse Works Progress Administration (WPA) operations.  Inside front cover is stamped project number 10235. 

Approx size: 13.5 x 10.5 inches

Large folio, original patterned green cloth and board portfolio with flaps and cloth ties. 

References:

WPA Women’s Work: The WPA Milwaukee Handicraft Project
By Jacqueline M. Schweitzer, Honorary Curator of American History.

Leslie Bellais. “No Idle Hands: A Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project.” The Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 84, no. 2, 2000, pp. 48–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4636902. Accessed 12 Oct. 2022.
  • Sold By: John Bale Books LLC
  • Contact Person: Donato Gaeta
  • Country: United States
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