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Mountain people, Garrett County, Maryland
A photo of three men and one boy living in Garrett County, MD, during the Great Depression.
Camp meeting of the Methodists in N. America
Color illustration depicting a Methodist camp meeting in a wooded area.
Letter from the Treasury Department to Robert Gates, Regarding New Public Works of Art Project
A letter from Edward Bruce, Secretary of the Advisory Committee to Treasury on Fine Arts, to artist Robert Gates. Bruce clarifies that the program is not exclusively a 'relief measure' but also a program to build art as an integral part of American…
My Day
An editorial for the Washington Daily News by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. She writes of attending an exhibition of watercolors, some of which were West Virginia landscapes, by Olin Dows and Robert Gates. Mrs. Roosevelt pondered "a certain grimness"…
US Post Office, Oakland, Maryland
The US Post Office in Oakland, Maryland was built under the New Deal's Federal Works Agency in 1940 and features Art Deco elements.
Renick House, U.S. Route 219, Renicks Valley, Greenbrier, WV
A photo of the Renick House, which sat along U.S. Route 219 in Greenbrier County. The photo helps root the viewer in the landscape of Greenbrier County.
Birds-Eye View of Rainelle, Meadow River Lumber Company, Highway 60, Rainelle, Greenbrier, WV
A birds-eye view photo of Rainelle, Greenbrier County, a lumber town. Greenbrier County's industrial economy was fueled by lumber, limestone, and coal.
Letter to Mrs. Gates from First Lady Roosevelt's Office
A letter from Mrs. J.M. Helm, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's secretary, inviting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gates to a lecture by Forbes Watson on Treasury Art Projects at the White House.
Buckwheat field, Garrett County, Maryland
A man works a buckwheat field in Garrett County, MD.
Buckwheat that is grown on stony soil, Garrett County, Maryland
A photo of buckwheat, a traditional Appalachian crop, growing in stony soil.
Letter from Oakland Postmaster to Federal Works Agency
A letter from the Oakland, MD Postmaster to the Federal Works Agency, notifying the Agency of the successful and satisfactory installation of Robert Gates' mural in the post office.