WPA workers building roads in Ogdensburg

Men building roads in Ogdensburg. They were put to work through the W.P.A (Works Progress Administration) program during the Great Depression, which put many Americans to work on public infrastructure projects. Man on far left is Bill Mallett, one of the others is Charles Adams. Circa early 1930s. Ogdensburg, NY. Photo taken by Louis Murray. Photo courtesy of the Ogdensburg Public Library.

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