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Stampaholic
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28 Apr 2017
12:22:18pm

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Had a member ask what WPA was. putting up pic of the 8 I have so far. Also it stands for
Works Project Administration. done in the depression to provide work for unskilled
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smauggie
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28 Apr 2017
05:25:54pm
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These are nice stamps. Thanks for sharing them.




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28 Apr 2017
10:36:16pm
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Nice stamps, but I respectfully take exception to the idea of WPA being only for unskilled labor. My grandpa worked for the WPA during the depression and he was one of the most skilled men I ever knew. Times were tough and he wasn't one to sit around and wait for something to happen. He had a family to feed and was willing to do whatever it took to put food on the table.


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29 Apr 2017
01:08:37am
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Not like today when some people only know how to make a mean excel spreadsheet but couldn't build a sawbuck or dig a decent post-hole or plow a field.

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Stampaholic
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29 Apr 2017
10:18:33am

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Sorry, No offense intended, WB: was just kind of condensing sentence from wikipedia. Yes, there were many skilled people employed,too.

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whitebuffalo
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29 Apr 2017
11:41:52am
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Not really offended Stampaholic, just wanted to put another opinion out there.

Being from south central Kansas, they were not only effected by the depression, but also saw fringe effects of the dust bowl. Unlike welfare, the WPA gave those willing to work, a way of maintaining their self respect, while providing a valuable service to their communities.

Yes, there were many unskilled laborers involved, but the WPA actually served to train many of those, so they could go on to lead productive lives after the depression. IMHO, it was one of the greatest programs ever implemented in this country and could be just as well served today.


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Tom in Exton, PA
29 Apr 2017
02:44:25pm

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I just got back from the post office. I needed stamps and this issue was one of the ones I was offered. So I got the booklet.

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29 Apr 2017
03:28:16pm

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the WPA included commissions for the kinds of murals illustrated on those stamps and ones that still adorn POs throughout the country. While one could call Diego Rivera primitive, unskilled wouldn't be appropriate.

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LarryG
29 Apr 2017
04:53:33pm
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Part of the WPA was the following.. Not unskilled

The Federal One projects employed 40,000 artists and other cultural workers to produce music and theater, sculptures, murals and paintings, state and regional travel guides, and surveys of national archives.

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