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Ohio Federal Writers' Project

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Caption reads: "W.P.A. Emergency Schools. Negro children at West End Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project No. 1. (Writers')." This photograph shows about 20 children and 5 adults in a classroom, sitting a desks and tables eating lunch. Signs around the room indicate the students were learning subjects such as sewing, knitting and how to rescue the drowning (Row, Throw, Go, and Tow).
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Ohio History Connection

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Ohio Digital Network

Keywords

  1. Children
  2. Classrooms
  3. Education
  4. Federal Writers' Project
  5. History
  6. Ohio
  7. Pictorial Works
  8. School Buildings
  9. Schools

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