A BETTER OHIO — Part 2 | The Archive Project

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On Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Ohio. Shows airports at Cleveland and Dayton under construction, remodeled orphanage buildings in Defiance, and dairy farm scenes. Flood waters rage in 1936. WPA units construct flood-control dam and levees. Naval reservists train in the Toledo Naval Armory. County roads are graded and resurfaced. Consolidated schools, served by buses, replace one-room schoolhouses. Shows restored Fort Recovery, WPA sewing room activities, nursery school scenes, and remodeled buildings and grounds at the Toledo Zoo.

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Records of the Work Projects Administration

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Motion Picture Films

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1937-01-01

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2:56

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