A large photo of the Bradley Lumber Company employees, taken circa 1930's, possibly through the WPA program? According to Wikipedia, "The Works Progress Administration (later Work Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 by Presidential order (Congress funded it annually but did not set it up). It was the largest and most comprehensive New Deal agency, employing millions of people and affecting most every locality, especially rural and western montaine populations. It continued and extended the FERA relief programs started by Herbert Hoover and continued under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Headed by Harry L. Hopkins, the WPA provided jobs and income to the unemployed during the Great Depression in the United States. The program built many public buildings, projects and roads, and operated a large arts, drama, media and literacy projects. It fed chidren, redistributed food, clothing and housing."
This may or may not be one of those WPA arts projects. This was found on eBay and it was what the seller of the photo thought. The seller, Don Stevens, graciously shared these photos of the large photograph.
Bradley Lumber Company Employees, Warren, Arkansas
If you can identify any more of these people, please contact Barbara Logan.
The following people have been identified!
"My neighbor, Almond "Friskey" Mitchell has identified 18 people in the picture.
He thinks it was made in late 1929 before the depression. He also has one of the pictures.
I put a number on each one he identified" graciously submitted by Jack Scobey. Thanks Jack!
Thanks go to Dorman Woodall for identifying his father John Woodall.
Thanks go to John Claude Greenwood, Jr. for identifying his grandfather Joshua Claude Greenwood.
Photos courtesy of Don Stevens.