Tag: new_deal

The Met Marks 100 Years of Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill Furniture Shop

11 Oct 2026 9:00 a.m. · Source: Met Museum

A new Met exhibition celebrates the centennial of Val-Kill Industries, the furniture workshop founded by Eleanor Roosevelt and fellow activists in Hyde Park, New York, in 1926.

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Library of Congress Nears Completion of 16-Year Project to Digitize 175,000 Historic FSA Photographs

5 May 2026 9:09 a.m. · Source: U.S. Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is finalizing a 16-year initiative to digitize 175,000 iconic Farm Security Administration photographs. With fewer than 15,000 negatives left, these historic New Deal images are being meticulously preserved for public access online.

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