Month: May 2025

How to Search Still Photographs for Air Force Personalities

by Sarah Bseirani, posted in Index, Photographs, Still Pictures, U.S. Air Force

For an overview of Military Personnel Photographs, please see our website https://www.archives.gov/research/still-pictures/military-personnel-photographs. This post was written in collaboration with Heather Sulier, Archives Specialist. The Still Picture Branch has multiple indexes to search for various branches of the U.S. Military. Our U.S. Air Force index, 342-Z: Personality Index to Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personnel is … Continue reading How to Search Still Photographs for Air Force Personalities

The Federal Theatre Project Presents: “Voodoo Macbeth”

by chucik, posted in African American History, Archives, Films, Fun, Fun Films, Motion Pictures, New Deal, Posters, Theater, WPA

The Works Progress Administration or Work Projects Administration (WPA) was the largest New Deal agency. Created by the United States government in 1935, the agency provided jobs to unemployed workers during the Great Depression. During its tenure, the agency employed millions of job seekers to carry out public works projects such as constructing public buildings, … Continue reading The Federal Theatre Project Presents: “Voodoo Macbeth”