The Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project : material cost list
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- 1939
- Description
The Milwaukee Handicraft Project was a program of the Work Projects Administration (WPA), which was created in 1935 to put unemployed Americans to work. Between 1935 and 1943, the MHP trained African American residents of Milwaukee to produce art such as rugs, baskets, quilts, book-bindings, costumes, draperies, toys, and games. Their work was sold at cost to educational and tax-supported institutions such as the Milwaukee Public Schools. This mimeographed catalog lists all the MHP products for sale in 1939 and provides details about their materials, physical size, and pricing. Loosely inserted is a copy of the form that customers completed when ordering goods. Examples of MHP book-bindings can be seen elsewhere at Turning Points in Wisconsin History by searching for "Milwaukee Handicraft Project."
- Creator
Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- US Government Publications
- Type
- text
- Language
- English
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- Chicago citation style
- Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project. The Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project : material cost list. 1939. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/72454. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project, (1939) The Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project : material cost list. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/72454
- MLA citation style
- Milwaukee WPA Handicraft Project. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/72454>.