A. W. Hoover, Red Cross First Aid instructor

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Title	A. W. Hoover, Red Cross First Aid instructor
Subject	American Red Cross First aid Health education Emergency medical personnel
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Middleport (Ohio) Meigs County (Ohio)
Description	Caption reads: "Red Cross first aid instructor, A. W. Hoover in Middleport, Ohio." The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal agency created by executive order in 1935 that provided employment to United States citizens through public works projects and educational programs. Most expenditures went to the construction of highways, roads, parks, public buildings, dams, and sewers. Other programs included literacy projects, vocational education, historical records surveys, and the arts. In addition to infrastructure, the WPA sponsored recreation programs. People took advantage of WPA music programs, stage productions, choral groups, Red Cross first-aid training and various sports groups for youth and adults. The Works Progress Administration was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1937. Congress discontinued the agency in 1943. Middleport is located in Meigs County in southeast Ohio on the Ohio River.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	1930-1940 circa
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B08F20_004_1.tif
Image Height	6092
Image Width	4853
File Size	88697756 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-30
Date modified	2011-06-07

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