Document illustrating infrastructure project accomplishments in Kansas under the Works Progress Administration through December 1937. Accomplishments include 1352 thousand square yards of new sidewalks, 3051 new bridges, and thousands of miles of newly graded roads. More than 14,588 people per month worked 25 months on such projects.
Construction
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Undated photograph of Mexican immigrants building a house in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the construction of an unidentified elevator near the Missouri River in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of Jackson County Courthouse undergoing renovations.
Photograph of philanthropists posed at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Boys Hotel Club Memorial Building on November 6, 1921. This vantage point faces south on the south side of Admiral Boulevard between Flora Avenue and Highland Avenue.
Photograph of the Boys Hotel Club Memorial Building (also known as the Boys Hotel Annex) under construction by Fogel Construction Company. This vantage point faces north with the Boys Hotel Main Building at the southeast corner of Admiral Boulevard and Flora Avenue on the left.