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A photograph showing men quarrying rock near Lawrence, Kansas. This project was administered by the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee with funds from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. During the Depression when people could not find employment, both Kansas and the Federal government preferred the use of work relief over direct subsistence payments. The workers paid by the Kansas Emergency Relief Committee built public structures, lakes, planted shelterbelts, and made road improvements.
Creator: Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Date: 1934
Item Number: 215453
Call Number: SP 361 K13eb 1934
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215453
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gravel
Collections - Library
Date - 1930s - 1934
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas Emergency Relief Committee
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Illustrations
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books - Illustrations
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