Payday

ID: 2036 ~ Source: "Photograph of Works Progress Administration Worker Receiving Paycheck, 1/1939;" WPA Information Division Photographic Index, ca. 1936 - ca. 1942; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration, 1922 - 1944; National Archives and Records Administration. ~ Creator: Federal Works Agency ~ Date: 1939
This file appears in: Arizona's State Fair
Payday
National Archives and Records Administration

A WPA worker receives his paycheck after a long week of work. WPA workers earned anywhere between $15 to $25 every week, depending on their job skills and profession.

This file appears in: Arizona's State Fair

By Max Beall
During the week of December 4, 1905, heavy rainstorms forced state officials to reschedule Arizona’s first territorial fair. Weeks later, on Christmas Day, the fair opened its doors. Governor Joseph H. Kibbey made a few opening remarks to more than…