{"product_id":"km-002986","title":"Illustrated Record of C. W. A. Projects. Scott County, Iowa. 1933 - 1934. Projects under the Direction of the City of Bettendorf.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Scott County, Iowa]: Civil Works Administration of Scott County, Iowa, (n. d.), circa 1934. 11 x 8-3\/4 inches. [70]pp, the bulk of text\/photograph to recto only, with a brief caption to verso; a handful of pages paginated 86-91 (recto only). Illustrated with 21 b\u0026amp;w photographs pasted to the leaves, of which 18 are approx. 7 x 11 inches, and three are 5 x 6-3\/4 inches. Grey paper binder with brad bound with a long metal strip. Lacking front cover; rear cover partially detached; chipping and paste action to edges of many leaves; scattered light soiling to leaves, not affecting photographs. Good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA record of work done by the Civil Works Administration in Bettendorf, Iowa, in 1934. The Civil Works Administration was a short-lived program created early on in the New Deal, lasting only from 1933-1934 and providing only manual labor jobs, primarily construction work, such as laying pipe for sewer systems, building bridges and playgrounds, etc.; over four million people found work through the program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded here are short descriptions of 12 projects completed by the CWA in Bettendorf, almost all illustrated with a photograph or multiple photographs, many of which show the men working as well as the project itself. The projects range from grading and quarrying streets, to building a levee, painting the Bettendorf Grade School, cleaning and repairing sewers, and even, somewhat remarkably -- given the purview of the CWA -- revising the city's maps to provide updated information about storm drains, sanitary sewers, water mains, and city property ownership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailed documentation of CWA projects is uncommon, and we find no holdings for any Scott County, Iowa CWA records in OCLC. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[New Deal \/ Civil Works Administration \/ Iowa]. Disette, H. E. - Photographs; French, George T. - History and Arrangement.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45724397699141,"sku":"2986","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0028\/6978\/8741\/files\/notavailable_4aa3b6b3-ba41-4ef4-be06-f9fc3e09327b.jpg?v=1789000134","url":"https:\/\/mitasbooks.com\/products\/km-002986","provider":"Kate Mitas, Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}