“Tearing out curb for WPA Project 250, looking northeast along LaSalle Avenue across the intersection of Ninth Street South, Minneapolis. Photograph Collection 6/25/1936”
(Image via MHS Visual Resources Database)
WPA Project 250 was undertaken by the operations division of the WPA. It was part of the 60 miles of curb and cutter installed in Minneapolis from 1935-1940 by the WPA according to W.P.A. Accomplishments in Minneapolis.
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