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WPA
WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
OF MINNESOTA
LINUS C.GLOTZBACH
ADM IN ISTHATOR
Letter of Transmittal
Works Progress Administration
St. Paul, Minn., April 24, 1939
Sir: As State Administrator of the Works Progress
Administration of Minnesota, I respectfully submit
herewith a pictorial record of some of the work of
WPA in Minnesota, together with a summary tabulation
of physical accomplishments.
Graphically portrayed in the volume are many of the
permanent improvements which have been added to com¬
munities throughout the State of Minnesota by virtue
of the WPA program.
It is hoped you will receive as much satisfaction
from these photographs as we in Minnesota have had in
carrying forward the projects which are included. The
co-operative attitude and respect for planning on the
part of the various sponsors of these projects have
been largely responsible for the satisfactory results
obtained.
We have had many requests for such a publication
from sponsors and other interested individuals through¬
out the State and feel this publication will fill a
distinct need for accurate information.
Respectfully submitted.
Linus C. Glotzbach
Stale Administrator
Col. F. C. Harrington
Works Progress Administrator
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HYDRAULIC LABORATORY - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper
Center
Lower
COMMUNITY BLDG. - MOORHEAD
TOWN HALL - MILACA
COMMUNITY BLDG. - MAHNOMEN
COMMUNITY HALL - OAKPORT TOWNSHIP, CLAY COUNTY
Upper COMMUNITY BLDG. - FLOM
Center COMMUNITY BLDG. - STEWARTVILLE
Lower FIRE HALL - BRANDON
DULUTH CIVIC CENTER
SHOWING LANDSCAPING, DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS
BUILT BY THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Upper AUDITORIUM - DEERWOOD
Lower VILLAGE HALL - ISLAND PARK
Upper community bldg. sherburn
Center community bldg. - baudette
Lower community bldg. - graceville
Upper COMMUNITY BUILDING, STARBUCK POPE COUNTY
Center VILLAGE HALL, OSAKIS - DOUGLAS COUNTY
Lower CARLTON COMMUNITY BUILDING CARLTON COUNTY
upper COMMUNITY BUILDING BOWLUS, MORRISON COUNTY
Lower RED LAKE FALLS COMMUNITY BUILDING
Upper COMMUNITY BLDG. - INVER GROVE
Lower CITY HALL - WALKER
Upper COMMUNITY BLDG. - GULLY
Lower COMMUNITY BLDG. - PERLEY
Upper COMMUNITY BLDG. - BEMIDJI
Center COMMUNITY BLDG. - RICE
Lower TOWN HALL - SOLWAY
Donnelly
beabdsley
community
community
building
' building
Upper PEQUOT COMMUNITY BUILDING
Lower MALUNG COMMUNITY BUILDING
ODESSA
Upper COMMUNITY BLDG. - ODESSA
Lower COMMUNITY BLDG. - HOKAH
Upper community bldg. - park rapids
Lower community bldg. - la porte
Upper RESTORATION OF LONGFELLOW HOUSE, BRANCH LIBRARY - MINNEAPOLIS
Lower COMMUNITY BUILDING, ONAMIA - MILLE LACS COUNTY
I'l>l>rr Lett INDIAN COMMUNITY H! II LDtNC., REDWOOD FALLS - REDWOOD COUNTY
H/i/wr Kinht COMMUNITY BUILDING, UI.ooMINC PRAIRIE - STEELE COUNTY
Loner Left TOWN MALI., PALISADES - AITKIN COUNTY
Lower Rttftl COMMUNITY BUILDING, DANUBE - RENVILLE COUNTY
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Upper COMMUNITY BUILDING - ROSEAU
Lower CITY HALL - BUCKMAN, MORRISON COUNTY
Upper kanabec county court house addition
Lower entrance, todd county court house
Upper REMODELED FILLMORE COUNTY COURT HOUSE - PRESTON
Lower INTERIOR VIEWS, REMODELED POLK COUNTY COURT HOUSE - CROOKSTON
CHEMICAL LABORATORY, MINNEAPOLIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
COURT HOUSE - MINNEAPOLIS
MOVING OLD POST OFFICE - ST. CLOUD
OLD ST. CLOUD POST OFFICE
IN PLACE AFTER MOVING
HOW CITY HALL
ARMORY - BRAINERD
Upper NEW PORCHES, OFFICERS RESIDENCES - FORT SNELLING
Lower BARRACKS ADDITION - FORT SNELLING
fort snelling
Upper new pistol range
Center paving and sidewalks
Lower new drainage ditch
FORT SNELLINU OFFICERS CLUB
SHOWING DINING ROOM WING BUILT BY WPA
INTERIOR, OFFICERS' CLUB - FORT SNELLING
Upper ENTRANCE - CAMP RIPLEY
Lower ARMORY - CAMP RIPLEY
Upper BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS CAMP RIPLEY
Center KITCHEN - CAMP RIPLEY
Lower OIL STORAGE CAMP RIPLEY
Upper GREASE RACKS - CAMP RIPLEY
Lower RIFLE BUTTS - CAMP RIPLEY
Upper OLMSTED COUNTY GARAGE - ROCHESTER
Center GARAGE - FARIBAULT
Lower CITY GARAGE ADDITION - ST. PAUL
Upper garage - carlton
Center city garage - new ulm
Lower county garage - duluth
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Upper CROW WING COUNTY GARAGE - BRAINERD
Lower INTERIOR, CROW WING COUNTY GARAGE
Upper COUNTY GARAGE - ALEXANDRIA
Lower COUNTY GARAGE - ELBOW LAKE
Upper STATE HOSPITAL GARAGE - FERGUS FALLS
1 nuwr WARASHA COUNTY GARAGE - WABASHA
Upper SCHOOL GARAGE, TRACY - LYON COUNTY
Lower SCHOOL GARAGE, APPLETON - SWIFT COUNTY
Upper
Center
FORESTRY STATION GARAGE - HIBBING
GARAGE AND OFFICE, TWO RIVERS STATE PARK KITTSON COUNTY
-SCHOOL GARAGE, UNDERWOOD OTTER TAIL COUNTY
UppeT COUNTY GARAGE - ROSEAU
Center COUNTY GARAGE - TOWER
Lower CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL GARAGE - DULUTH
Upper SHERIFF'S GARAGE - ROCHESTER
Lower GARAGE - WADENA
Upper RAMSEY COUNTY TOOL HOUSE ADDITION - ST. PAUL
Lower NICOLLET COUNTY GARAGE - ST. PETER
HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION, NEW ULM - BROWN COUNTY
INTERIOR, AUDITORIUM-GYMNASIUM ADDITION
NEW ULM HIGH SCHOOL
Upper STRATHCONA SCHOOL - ROSEAU COUNTY
Upper Center RURAL SCHOOL - BENTON COUNTY
Lower Center SCHOOL ADDITION - ROYALTON, MORRISON COUNTY
Lower SCHOOL ADDITION - EMMONS, FREEBORN COUNTY
Upper MADISON SCHOOL ADDITION - FERGUS FALLS
Lower SCHOOL ADDITION - UNDERWOOD, OTTER TAIL COUNTY
Upper WHITE EARTH INDIAN SCHOOL
Lower BIWABIK SCHOOL ADDITION
Upper RURAL SCHOOL - RAMSEY COUNTY
Lower WASECA SCHOOL ADDITION - WASECA COUNT?
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littlefork school addition - koochiching county
Lower high school addition - little falls
Upper NEW SCHOOL, DISTRICT NO. 14, NEAR MORRIS - STEVENS COUNTY
Lower SCHOOL ADDITION, STRANDQUIST - MARSHALL COUNTY
Upper RURAL SCHOOL OTTTER TAIL COUNTY
Lower SCHOOL ADDITION CARP, LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
BACKUS
Upper ogilvie school addition
Lower backus school addition
Upper BROWNS VALLEY SCHOOL ADDITION - TRAVERSE COUNTY
Lower CHOKIO SCHOOL ADDITION - STEVENS COUNTY
Upper norcross school
Lower bockville school
upper NATHAN HALE SCHOOL ADDITION MINNEAPOLIS
Lower SCHOOL ADDITION - MADISON
Upper RETAINING WALL, WM. PENN SCHOOL PLAYGROUND - MINNEAPOLIS
Lower KIESTER SCHOOL ADDITION - FARIBAULT COUNTY
NEW RURAL SCHOOLS - RAMSEY COUNTY
Upper rural school - clay county
Lower rural school - douglas county
Upper FEDERAL DAM SCHOOL
Lower LAKE BENTON SCHOOL
Upper BOYS SCHOOL - HIGHWOOD
Lower CALLOWAY SCHOOL - BECKER COUNTY
Upper RURAL SCHOOL RED LAKE COUNTY
Center RURAL SCHOOL MORRISON COUNTY
Lower RURAL SCHOOL - WADENA COUNTY
Upper SCHOOL ADDITION - ISLE
Lower HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION - BARNESVILLE
Upper pool addition entrance, dowling school minneapolis
Lower therapeutic pool, dowling school Minneapolis
Upper BAXTER TOWNSHIP SCHOOL - CROW WING COUNTY
Lower GRANT VALLEY SCHOOL - BELTRAMI COUNTY
Upper
Lower
RETAINING WALL, GORDON SCHOOL - ST. PAUL
HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION - BLACKDUCK
HORSE BARN - STATE FAIR GROUNDS
POULTRY BARN - STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Upper NEW RAMP STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Lower GRANDSTAND ADDITION - STATE FAIR GROUNDS
upper CONCESSION BLDG. - STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Lower SWINE BARN - STATE FAIR GROUNDS
Upper ENTRANCE - MAHNOMEN COUNTY FAIR
Center CATTLE BARN MAHNOMEN COUNTY FAIR
Lower EXHIBIT BUILDING LINCOLN COUNTY FAIR
COUNTY FAIR GRANDSTANDS
MURRAY COUNTY
BICE COUNTY
OLMSTED COUNTY
POLK COUNTY
Upper conservation bldg. - dodge county fair
Center race track, rice county fair - faribault
Lower pavillion - norman county fair
Upper FAIR BUILDING - HIBBING
Center FAIR BUILDING - AITKIN
Lower FAIR BUILDING - THIEF RIVER FALLS
Upper REPAIRED STAIRCASE STATE CAPITOL
Lower NEW STORAGE SPACE - STATE CAPITOL
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additional areas developed in state capitol by wpa
Upper Left supreme court dining room
Upper Right governor's dining room
Lower Left new offices
Lower Right new committee room
Upper CEMENT TERRACE OVER NEW VAULT STATE CAPITOL
Lower NEW TUNNEL BETWEEN CAPITOL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BUILDING
tipper NEW BUILDING, CHILDREN'S PREVENTORIUM - RAMSEY COUNTY
Lower IMPROVEMENTS, CHILDREN'S PREVENTORIUM - RAMSEY COUNTY
Upper RETAINING WALL, CHILDRENS PREVENTORIUM - RAMSEY COUNTY
Lower LANDSCAPING, CHILDRENS PREVENTORIUM - RAMSEY COUNTY
U.S. VETERANS HOSPITAL - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper WHEELCHAIR RUNWAY
Lower GARAGE
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U.S. VETERANS HOSPITAL - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper NEW ROADWAY
Center FENCE AROUND DUCK POND
Lower NEW GRANDSTAND
AUDITORIUM, CITY SCIENCE MUSEUM - ST. PAUL
Upper SUP'T. HOME - MlNNEOPA STATE PARK
Lower PARK SERVICE BLDG. - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper SUP'T. RESIDENCE ROCHESTER STATE HOSPITAL
Lower POLICE RADIO STATION - DULUTH
Left ZUMBRO PARKWAY BRIDGE - HEAR ZUMBRO FALLS
Right ZUMBRO PARKWAY - WABASHA COUNTY
Upper ROAD - ZUMBRO FALLS
Lower ROAD & BRIDGE - WHITEWATER STATE PARK
BRIDGE - WHITEWATER STATE PARK
SETTING BACK CURBS MINNEAPOLIS GRADJJifl
TERMINAL, FOUNTAIN STREET EXTENSION - ALBERT LEA
Upper BARGE TERMINAL ROAD - ST. PAUL
Lower BRIDGE - BLACKDUCK
Upper ROAD - BECKER COUNTY
Lower ROAD - DOUGLAS COUNTY
wpa stone quarry i no operations
Upper Left grand meadow, m'lwkk county
Upper Riglil st. paul
Lower LeJI fort unklling
Lower Right st. paul
VIEWS OF POINT DOUGLAS ROAD ST. PAUL
VIEWS OF BELT LINE HIGHWAY - HENNEPIN COUNZf
Upper belt line boad - minneapolis
Lower road - ely
Upper
Center
Lower
REDWOOD COUNTY BRIDGE - NEAR LAMBERTON
STEEL ARCH FOOTBRIDGE, MILACA MILLE LACS COUNTY
BRIDGE, LAKE IDA DOUGLAS COUNTY
Upper BRIDGE AND ROAD, LAMBERTON - REDWOOD COUNTY
Center BRIDGE, SWANVILLE - MORRISON COUNTY
Lower BRIDGE OVER MINNEHAHA CREEK - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper LAKE HARRIET BOULEVARD - MINNEAPOLIS
Center ROAD, PLAINVIEW - WABASHA COUNTY
Lower CURBING, LONGFELLOW FIELD - MINNEAPOLIS
upper roadway, como park st. paul
Center Left roadway, edina - hennepin county
Center Right bridge construction, lester park - duluth
Lower west river boulevard minneapolis
Upper
Center
Lower
SIDEWALKS, ALBERT LEA - FREEBORN COUNTY
BLACK BAY ROAD AND BRIDGE - KOOCHICHING COUNTY
DOUGLAS COUNTY ROAD NEAR ALEXANDRIA
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WATER SOFTENING PLANT - LITTLE FALLS
SETTLING COMPARTMENT - LITTLE FALLS
ST. PAUL WATER DEPARTMENT
PARK AND ROAD WORK AT MAIN FILTRATION PLANT
ST. PAUL WATER DEPARTMENT
Upper GILFILLAN PARK DEVELOPMENT
Lower OPEN CANAL SOUTH OF RAMSEY COUNTY ROAD F
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM ST. PAUL
LAMBERT LANDING - ST. PAUL
jTARBUCK
Left WATER TOWER, STARBUCK - POPE COUNTY
Right WATER TOWER, HENDRUM - NORMAN COUNTY
Upper SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT - PERHAM
Lower INTERCEPTOR SEWER - SAUK RAPIDS TO ST. CLOUD
upper Left WATER TOWER, UNDERWOOD - OTTER TAIL COUNTY
upper Right WATER TOWER, LITTLEFORK - KOOCHICHING COUNTY
WATER FILTRATION PLANT, HALLOCK - KITTSON COUNTY
SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANTS
Upper PELICAN RAPIDS - OTTER TAIL COUNTY
Center CLARA CITY - CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Lower HANCOCK - STEVENS COUNTY
Upper
imper
DOCK, RANIER - KOOCHICHING COUNTY
WHITE WAY LIGHTS, VERNDALE - WADENA COUNTY
HEAT TUNNEL, MADISON - LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY
upper MUNICIPAL LIGHT, POWER AND HEAT PLANT - MADISON
Lower RECONSTRUCTED POWER PLANT, STATE SOLDIERS HOME MINNEAPOLIS
Upper SEWER, MANKATO - BLUE EARTH COUNTY
Lower SEWER, BRAHAM - ISANTI COUNTY
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Upper AIRPORT HANGAR - MARSHALL
Lower AIRPORT BUILDING ADDITION - ST. PAW
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lac qui parle lake 936 0
marsh lake 9400
LAC QUI PARLE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT-big stone, swift, chippewa and lac qui parle counties -MMNESOTA
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job
de scription
chippewa control works
estimated
cost
job
101,768 . 5 o
de scription
channel improvement-minn river
estimated
cost
76,341.60
bridge 4 weir- diversion channel
6 4,5 56 . 50
track & bridge raise - g.n ry,
93,250.00 1 I 1 i 1 1
clearing grubbing 4 brushing
42,1 16 .50
14 marsh lake dam 1 dyke
13 0,524. 34
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51.305.50
north park roao
40,000.00 hi]
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3 b
69,125. 50
tttt 16,1 7 bridge 4 graoing-louisburg-correli 9 6, 3 01. 00 iii
east park roao
20,105 . 00
dt 18 south park roao
4 5,010.00
oiversion channel unoerpass
192,341. 69
19,20 bridge 4 graoing-th 40-milan.minn
125,030.00
& dyke
125,030 .00
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roao betw sec. i 4 2 -tii6n-r 42 w
4 5,000. 00
bank wioening-C m stp4r rr-t.h.7
track raise - c m st p 4 p r.r
minnesota control works
51,670. 65
chan improvement minn r.-n of t.h.ii9
1,055.54
44,900. 00
park areas
7 7, 6 2 8 . 8 3
i 54,908 . 50
total
1,915,307. 95
10 1 lac qui parle river bridge
73,970. 00
ii \ so. rd., emergency spillway & dyke
191,143. 3o
approved 4 construction started by w. p. a.-may, 19 38
sponsor: state of minnesota department of conservation
MAP OF LAC QUI PARLE PROJECT
LAC QUI PARLE PROJECT
Upper MARSH LAKE DAM
Center MINNESOTA RIVER CONTROL WORKS, UPSTREAM
Lower MINNESOTA RIVER CONTROL WORKS, DOWNSTREAM
LAC QUI PARLE PROJECT
Upper NEW BRIDGE ON TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 7
Center NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE
Lower UNIT NO. 2, CHIPPEWA RIVER DIVERSION WEIR
POMME DE TERRE DAM - MORRIS, STEVENS COUNTY
Upper Left dam and bridge, lake calhoun Kandiyohi county
Upper Right height-of-land lake dam - becker county
Center Left split rock dam - pipestone county
Center Right alice whitney park dam - st. cloud
Lower Left sleepy eye lake dam - brown county
Lower Right fox lake diversion channel - martin county
upper Left KELLER LAKE DAM - ST. PAUL
Upper Right GRAND LAKE DAM - STEARNS COUNTY
Lower Left BUCKS MILL DAM - BECKER COUNTY
Lower Right LAKE ESQUAGAMA DAM - ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Upper
Center
Lower
SIBLEY PARK DAM - MANKATO
ORONOCO DAM
SILVER LAKE DAM - ROCHESTER
Upper
Center
Lower
PELICAN LAKE DIVERSION
MOSES LAKE DIVERSION
KANSAS AND LONG LAKE DIVERSION
Upper BRONSON DAM
Lower LAKE CREATED BY BRONSON DAM
Upper whetstone diversion dam
Lower wanamingo dam
upper Left BRIDGE AND DAM, BARRETT LAKE GRANT COUNTY
Upper Right BRIDGE AND DAM, ROUND LAKE - BECKER COUNTY
Center Left OSAKIS LAKE DAM - TODD COUNTY
Center Right OSAKIS DAM IN LONG PRAIRIE RIVER TODD COUNTY
Lower Left ICE CRACKING LAKE DAM - BECKER COUNTY
Lower Right TWO INLETS LAKE DAM - BECKER COUNTY
Upper CARLOS AVERY GAME FARM - ANOKA COUNTY
Lower STATE FOREST SERVICE STATION - BEMIDJI
Upper FORESTRY STATION HIBBING
Lower FORESTRY STATION - PARK RAPIDS
Upper INFORMATION BUREAU - HACKENSACK
Lower FORESTRY STATION - BRAINERD
LAC QUI PARLE PROJECT
Upper APPLETON WORK CAMF
Lower WATSON WORK CAMP
NOISMOOHO - VN3HV SiHOdS
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SPORTS ARENA - BEMIDJI
HIGHLAND PARK SWIMMING POOL - ST. PAUL
Upper SWIMMING POOL SPRINGFIELD
Loiver SWIMMING POOL - PIPESTONE
Upper
Center
Lower
SWIMMING POOL - KASSON
BATH HOUSE - APPLETON
PHALEN BATH HOUSE - ST. PAUL
SKI JUMP, BATTLE CREEK PARK - ST. PAUL
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Upper ENTRANCE, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
Center ZOO BUILDING, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
Lower RETAINING WALL, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
Upper SUNKEN GARDEN, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
Lower BEAR DENS, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
PANORAMIC VIEW OF DULUTH ZOO
Upper ELEPHANT HOUSE DULUTH ZOO
Lower ANIMAL HOUSE DULUTH ZOO
IMPROVEMENTS, SPRINKLING SYSTEM AND RECONSTRUCTION
OF COLUMBIA GOLF COURSE - MINNEAPOLIS
upper Left HIGH SCHOOL BLEACHERS, COLERAINE - ITASCA COUNTY
upper Right BASEBALL GRANDSTAND, CHISHOLM - ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Lower Left HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM, NASHWAUK - ITASCA COUNTY
Lower Right ATHLETIC FIELD BLEACHERS, CHISHOLM - ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Upper MASONRY WORK, HASTINGS ATHLETIC FIELD - DAKOTA COUNTY
Lower MASONRY RETAINING WALL - ORTONVILLE
ENTRANCE, ATHLETIC FIELD - GRANITE FALLS
ATHLETIC FIELD - GRANITE FALLS
Upper WHEELER FIELD HOUSE - DULUTH
lower MEMORIAL FIELD HOUSE - DULUTH
Upper
Center
Lower
TENNIS COURT - ST. PAUL
ATHLETIC FIELD - BEMIDJI
ATHLETIC FIELD - HASTINGS
Upper SHELTER CABIN, LINDBERGH STATE PARK - NEAR LITTLE FALLS
Uowtr DitffKjE, LINDBERGH STATE PARK
Upper FIELD HOUSE - ROCHESTER
Center HIDDEN FALLS PARKING AREA - ST. PAUL
Lower LINDBERGH STATE PARK - NEAR LITTLE FALLS
Upper OVERNIGHT CABIN - WHITEWATER STATE PARK
Lower MUNICIPAL TOURIST CABIN - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper GOLF CLUB HOUSE, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
Lower PRACTICE GREENS, COMO PARK - ST. PAUL
Upper RECREATION CENTER - ANOKA
Lower INTERIOR RECREATION CENTER - ANOKA
PARK IMPROVEMENTS - MINNEAPOLIS
Upper MEMORIAL PARK ENTRANCE - GRANITE FALLS
±omr FIRE RING, PHALEN PARK - ST. PAUL
upper TYPICAL CABIN, LONG PRAIRIE PARK - TODD COUNTY
Lower COMFORT STATION, INTERSTATE PARK - CHISAGO COUNTY
Upper PARK BUILDING, INTERSTATE PARK - CHISAGO COUNTY
Lower PARK BUILDING, DETROIT LAKES - BECKER COUNTY
MONTEVIEDO PARK - CHIPPEWA COUNTY
Upper ANIMAL HOUSE
Lower BRIDGE
montevideo park - chippewa county
Upper recreation building
Lower bath house
Upper MINNEHAHA PLAYGROUND BUILDING - ST. PAUL
Lower BAKER PLAYGROUND BUILDING - ST. PAUL
HAMLINE PLAYGROUND BUILDING - ST. PAUL
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Upper RECREATION BUILDING, THIEF RIVER FALLS - PENNINGTON COUNTY
Lower RECREATION BUILDING. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS - ANOKA COUNTY
Upper LAFAYETTE FIELD HOUSE DULUTH
Lower BATH HOUSE, HAWLEY CLAY COUNTY
REARING PONDS, MOUNDS PARK STATE FISH HATCHERY - ST. PAUL
HEADWATERS CAMP, ITASCA STATE PARK - CLEARWATER COUNTY
FOREST TRUCK TRAIL
WHITE EARTH STATE FOREST
CLEARWATER COUNTY
Upper Left BRIDGE, BIRCH COULEE STATE PARK - RENVILLE COUNTY
Upper Right LAKE CREATED BY MOUNDS SPRING DAM - ROCK COUNTY
Lower HERON LAKE DAM - JACKSON COUNTY
Upper FIGHTING FOREST FIRES - LAKE COUNTY
Lower GROVER CONZET FORESTRY CAMP - COOK COUNTY
Upper BOOK REPAIRS - DULUTH
Lower LIBRARY PROJECT - INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Upper CHILDREN'S BAND, RECREATION RROJECT HENNEPIN COUNTY
Lower 79-PIECE ORCHESTRA OF CRIPPLED CHILDREN - MINNEAPOLIS
CLOTHES MADE ON SEWING PROJECT ST. PAUL
Upper LEGAL INDEXING - MANKATO
Lower HIGHWAY MAPPING - ST. PAUL
Upper JUVENILE DELINQUENCY SURVEY DULUTH
Lower PROPERTY TAX DELINQUENCY SURVEY - DULUTH
upper Lejl MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
upper Right ENGINEERING RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Lower DENTAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Upper GEODETIC CONTROL SURVEY MINNEAPOLIS
Lower BUILDING DIORAMA, MUSEUM EXTENSION, MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY ST. PAUL
Upper FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT MINNEAPOLIS
Lower INDEXING OLD NEWSPAPERS MINNEAPOLIS
Upper REAL PROPERTY SURVEY - DULUTH
Lower MODERNIZING POLICE RECORDS - ST. PAUL
Upper barden health camp - shakopee
Lower braille project
Upper HOUSEHOLD ARTS TRAINING
Lower CANNING PROJECT
Upper NURSERY SCHOOLS - ST. PAUL
Lower INDIAN NURSERY SCHOOL - NETT LAKE
Upper CHRISTMAS TOY MAKING ST. PAUL
Lower NURSERY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY - ST. PAUL
upper Lejl PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, SOUTH HIGH NURSERY SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS
Upper Right ART CLASS, NURSERY SCHOOL ST. PAUL
Lower RICE NURSERY SCHOOL ST. PAUL
Upper STATEWIDE NURSING PROJECT
Lower STATEWIDE HOT LUNCH PROJECT
Upper HOUSEKEEPING AID TO NEEDY FAMILIES
Lower HOUSEKEEPING AID, TEACHING COOKING
Upper MARIONETTE DEMONSTRATION ST. PAUL
Lower HAND PUPPETRY DEMONSTRATION HENNEPIN COUNTY
RECREATION PROJECTS
Upper LEARNING BOW CONSTRUCTION - ST. PAUL
Lower PRACTICING ARCHERY ROBBINSDALE, HENNEPIN COUNTY
Upper BROOMBALL, WPA RECREATION - MINNEAPOLIS
Cenler VOLLEY BALL INSTRUCTION, RECREATION PROJECT - MINNEAPOLIS
Lower TAP DANCING CLASS - ST. PAUL
Upper STATE-WIDE BOOK LENDING PROJECT
Lower ADULT EDUCATION
LYMANHURST CARDIAC CLINIC MINNEAPOLIS
OPERATED BY WPA FOR TREATMENT OF NEEDY CHILDREN
Upper THE DAY STARTS
Lower STETHESCOPIC EXAMINATION
LYMANHURST CARDIAC CLINIC - MINNEAPOLIS
upper PHYSICIAN LOOKS AT THE HEART
Lower HYPODERMIC INJECTION
LYMANHURST CARDIAC CLINIC MINNEAPOLIS
upper HEART BEATS ON A CARDIOGRAPH
Lower BACK TO BED AND ANOTHER CHECKUP
LYMANHURST CARDIAC CLINIC - MINNEAPOLIS
upper PLAYTIME FOR PATIENTS
Center STUDY HOUR
Lower SCHOOL BROUGHT TO BEDSIDE
MINNESOTA FEDERAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HANDICRAFT PROJECTS
Upper WALL HANGING AND WOOD CARVING - MINNEAPOLIS
Lower ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK ST. PAUL
MURALS FOR MILACA TOWN HALL
BY FEDERAL ART PROJECT
MURALS, SEBEKA HIGH SCHOOL - WADENA COUNTY
BY FEDERAL ART PROJECT
PHYSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
MINNESOTA WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Number
New Repairs
Type of Project; Con- and Im-
strue- prove- Addi¬
tion ments tions
Public Buildings - Total 732 1,281 59
Educational buildings - Total 59 647 14
Sohools 57 621 12
Libraries 2 26 2
Recreational buildings - Total 122 118 19
Auditoriums 12 6 3
Stadiums, grandstands, etc. 19 9 1
Gymnasiums 2 6 8
Other (pavilion, bath houses, etc.; 89 97 7
Institutional buildings - Total 7 94
Hospitals 3 24 -
Penal institutions 3 18 -
Other 1 52 -
Courthouses, offioes, and other ad¬
ministrative buildings 30 82 7
Dormitories- 2 40 2
Fire houses- 3 21 -
Garages — 132 50 4
Airoraft hangars 1 4 1
Warehouses ^8 30 3
Armories -
2 17
Other buildings and small structures
(such as bus and street car shelters)- 346 178 9
Demolition of buildings XXX 81 XXX
Type of Projeot
Number or Amount
New Con- Repairs and
struction Improvements
Highways, Roads, Streets, and Related Facilities
Highways, roads, and streets - Total
Rural roads - Total
Paved
Unpaved
Urban - Total
Paved
Unpaved-
Other (parks, cemeteries, etc.)
Total
Paved
Unuaved
Road shoulders (not inol, above)
3ridges - Total
Culverts
Sidewalks ana paths - Total
Paved — - - —
Unpaved
Curbs
Gutters
Guardrails and guardwalls
Lights for roads and streets
Roadside drainage
904.5 mi,
737.8 mi.
27.3 mi«
760.5 mi.
73.7 mi.
18.9 mi«
54.8 mi.
43.0 mi.
3.0 mi.
40.0 mi.
29.3 mi.
176
9,192
129.5 mi.
103.0 mi.
26.8 mi.
130.2 mi.
35.3 mi.
25.0 mi.
187
Roadside landsoaping
Street signs
Ditch 1,043,599 l.f.
Pipe 30,145 l.f.
. XXX
11,050.6 mi.
10,334.1 mi,
23.3 mi.
10,310.3 mi.
662.0 mi.
18.3 mi.
643.2 mi.
54.5 mi.
17.5 mi.
37.0 mi•
977.4 mi.
324
36.2
mi.
29.5
mi.
6.7
mi.
7.3
mi.
7.1
mi.
12.7
mi •
251
3,911,740 l.f.
10,405 l.f.
313 mi.
37,078
Airports and Airway Equipment (Excl. Bldgs.)
Landing fields
Runways
Air markers
13,900 ft.
388
12,500 ft.
Typo of Projeot
Number or Amount
New Con- Repairs and
struotion Improvements
Recreational Faoilities (Exol. Buildings)
Athletio fields
Additions to athletio fields
Parks—
Additions to parks -
Fair grounds
Playgrounds - Total -
School ——
Other
Swimming pools
Wading pools —
Golf oourses—
Tennis courts
Handball courts
Horseshoe courts
Ice skating rinks
Ski jumps
Band shells
Water Supply, Sanitation and Drainage Systems
Water mains, aqueducts, or distribution lines
Storage tanks, reservoirs and oisterns
Storage dams-
Wells —
Treatment plants
Sewage (exol# cesspools and septic tanks
Water
71
104
1
-
48
157
3
-
3
10
57
83
49
67
8
16
10
3
5
2
3
17
132
79
7
-
36
-
168
100
1
1
9
3
114#7 mi.
6,
39
6
128
2
32
7
13
7
2
1
Garbage incinerators
Type of Project
Number or Amount
New Con- Repairs and
struotion Improvements
Pumping stations 9 3
Storm and sanitary sewers 197.7 mi. 57.8 mi.
Sanitary toilets — 80 3
Cesspools 21 2
Septio tanks 20
Drainage (other than roadside and
mosquito eradication) — Ditoh 505,439 l.f. 912,989 l.f.
Pipe 74,621 l.f. 614,781 l.f.
Flood and Erosion Control - Navigation Aids -
Irrigation
Dooks, wharves, and piers 13 19
Jetties and breakwaters — 15
Bulkheads 80 l.f. 1,080 l.f.
Canals and channels —— —- .8 mi.
River bank improvements —— XXX 39 mi.
Stream bed improvements— XXX 72.8 mi.
Dredging (other than channels) 124,540 cu.yd, XXX
Dams (other than storage or power) — — 283 22
Riprap (other than river bank) 346,626 sq.yd. 4,939 sq.yd.
Retaining walls and revetments 352 16
100,219 l.f. 6,356 l.f.
Levees and embankments —66,466 l.f. 2,420 l.f.
Electric and Communication Utilities
Power houses 3 2
Transmission lines (electric) 11.2 mi. 8.1 mi.
Power distribution lines — 1.3 mi. .3 mi.
Type of Project
Number or Amount
New Con- Repairs and
struotion Improvements
Electrio and Communication Utilities oont'd
Telephone and telegraph lines
Police and fire alarm signals
135.4 mi.
106
371.3 mi.
XXX
Grounds Improvements
Landscaping around publio buildings XXX
Miscellaneous landscaping XXX
Lighting airports, parking lots, athletic fields 24
Fountains and ornamental pools 6
Fencing — 185.3 mi.
Cemetery improvements — XXX
Miscellaneous
Car and railroad track (single track line)
Boats and ships
Paving (other than roads, walks, or runways)
Hard surface ——
Other surface
Tunnels
Pedestrian
Other
Monuments and historic markers
Gas lines (distribution and transmission)
Oil and other pipe lines —
Conservation Activities (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Reforestation
Firebreaks
Fire and forest trails
1.0 mi.
13
36,981 sq.yd.
209,504 sq.yd.
10
8
- 1,485 l.f.
17,182 l.f.
303
54 acres
1
37.7 mi.
172 acres
2.5 mi.
647
2,202 sq. yd,
18,741 l.f.
1,325 l.f.
Number
or Amount
3,997 aores
— 69.2 mi.
— 44.6 mi.
Number
Type of Project or Amount
Conservation Activities (Not Elsewhere Classified) oont'd
Planting - trees or plants — 47,760
Tree surgery
Trees trimmed — — —— 3,789
Trees removed 1,821
Bird and game sanctuaries established 6
Noxious plant eradication — 4,340 acr.
Rodent destruction — 1,000
Food and Fuel Distributed
Milk- ——— 278,045 qts.
Foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified)- —27,361,141 lbs.
Wood 1,025 cord
Work in Libraries
New branch libraries established 24
New traveling libraries established 12
Reading rooms in existing libraries established 12
Cataloging for existing libraries - volumes 657,540
Renovation of books - Total —— — — — 1,449,009
Public school volumes — — — 500,933
Public library volumes — • ■■ 628,879
Other volumes — — 319,197
Sewing Rooms
Articles made - Total -— 3,704,766
Garments - Total 2,832,828
Men's 568,625
Women's 567,850
Boys' 534,252
Girls' 682,324
Infants'- 479,777
Other articles — 871,938
Canning and Preserving (net) 32,177 lb.
School Lunches Served ——— 3,738,355
Type of Project
Number
or Amount
Medloal. Dental and Nursing Aaslstanoe
Dental olinioe oonduoted No. of ollnioa 10
No. of persons examined 16,000
No. of persons treated 6,500
Medioal ollnios oonduoted No. of olinios — 2
No. of persons examined 3,621
No. of persons treated 763
Medioal examinations other
than at olinios No. of adults examined 56,000
No, of ohildren examined 12,506
Nursing rieits No. of group inspections made 1,100
No. of persons inspeoted 21,000
No. of horns visits made 69,277
Nursing aid at immunisations No. of immunisations 38,868
Art
Drawings, easel paintings, murals & sculptured works 1,438
Etchings, lithographs, woodblocks, etc. Originals 80
Prints 5,179
Posters Originals 3,358
Reproductions 32,448
Planning Surveys Oonduoted 21
Research and Statistical Studies Conducted 42
Maps Drawn 1,508
Indexing and Cataloging No. of items 15,671,989
Braille Pages transcribed 177,144
Maps made 26,616
Housekeeping Aides — -Visits made —66,618
Families aided 4,534
Museum Activities Articles constructed
or renovated 28,305
Artioles cataloged 39,936
Miscellaneous
Arohaelogioal excavations Artioles found 550
Gardening No. of gardens 90
Shoe repair—— — — No. of pairs 10,112
Furniture repair No. of artioles 16,055
Data from Works Progress Administration Report, Division of
Statistics and Economic Research, November 1, 1938.