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WPA workers in Coal Creek Canyon

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Call NumberZ-7676Date1938 Sept. 6SummaryWorks Progress Administration (WPA) workers in overalls or jeans, gloves, and hats hold shovels and walk in the flood damaged creek bed in Coal Creek Canyon (Jefferson County), Colorado. Shows flood debris, sand and the eroded edges of Coal Creek.Physical Description1 photographic print |20 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 10 in.)SubjectUnited States. Works Progress Administration of ColoradoCoal Creek Canyon (Colo.)Jefferson County (Colo.)Floods--Colorado--Jefferson CountyLaborers--Colorado--Jefferson CountyMaintenance & repair--Colorado--Jefferson CountyStreams--Colorado--Jefferson CountyGeographic AreaJefferson County (Colo.)Related MaterialImage File: ZZR711007676Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromWPA.Original Material Found in CollectionWPA PhotosNotesDate inked on photographic print. Title supplied. Typed label attached to verso reads: "The following photographs show flood damage in Coal Creek Canon, 20 miles northwest of Denver, where 225 Works Progress Administration workers restored four miles of highway in five days. Included are scenes of advance WPA crews realigning Coal Creek and preparing the way for construction workers."|"Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7110076761

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