The New Deal made at least hundreds of thousands of maps and land models. See WPA workers making the largest relief map in the world! #history #maps #geography new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

The New Deal had about 335,000 projects to construct, improve, or maintain buildings. #history #buildings #homes #infrastructure #construction new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

See how the New Deal brought affordable telephone service to rural America, after the private sector refused. #history #farms #rural #telephones #telecommunications new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

The New Deal created over 4.2 million photographs for information, mapmaking, documentation, and remembrance. #history #photographs #photography new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

The WPA built 23,505 talking book machines, created 45,000+ Braille maps, transcribed hundreds of books into Braille, and had many other projects for blind Americans. #history #blind #books #maps #audiobooks new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

At least hundreds of WPA artists and musicians gave instruction to at least hundreds of thousands of children and adults. The New Deal believed that art and music should be of, by, and for the people. #history #art #music #education new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-...

See how the New Deal contributed to or, arguably, was the prime factor behind the elimination of malaria in the United States. #history #health #disease #malaria #mosquitoes new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The New Deal had about 7,177 projects to build or improve gyms. #history #gyms #gymnasiums #recreation #sports #basketball #exercise #health new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The New Deal had about 6,098 projects to build or improve auditoriums. #history #music #auditoriums #performances #concerts new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The New Deal had at least 1,121 projects to build or improve outdoor theatres, amphitheatres, bandshells, and bandstands. #history #music #theatre #theater #music #acting new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

For each year between 1934 & 1943, the New Deal provided 1,000 to 2,000 free or low-cost daycare centers (nursery schools) for tens of thousands of children. A model for today. #history #childcare #daycare #children #pre-K #education #schools new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The New Deal had 200 bookmobiles delivering library services to rural Americans. Many bookmobile services today can trace their origins back to this time. #history #libraries #books #bookmobiles #reading new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The New Deal restored more than 4,000 historic structures. #history #preservation new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

140 national wildlife refuges were created under FDR and the New Deal, about a quarter of the entire inventory of nat'l refuges today. #history #wildlife #conservation new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com

The New Deal built more than 1,000 new post offices and adorned many of them with art, e.g., eagle sculptures, wood carvings, and murals. Ben Franklin would have approved of the New Deal. #history #art #postoffice #construction #benfranklin new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The WPA produced 2 million posters based on 35,000 designs. These posters provided the public with information regarding health, education, nat'l defense activities, and much more. #history #art #artists #information new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The CCC built 3,116 fire lookout towers which, along with truck trails, telephone wires, greater use of radio, a large # of camps, etc., allowed them to get to most fires very fast, before they grew large. #history #wildfires #firefighting new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

WPA writers produced more than 1,500 publications - books, pamphlets, radio plays, magazine articles, etc. #history #books #writers #writing new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/06/new-...

The New Deal created, improved, or maintained about 90,000 miles of sidewalks, foot trails, and pedestrian paths. It was a New Deal for walking! #history #hiking #parks #sidewalks #exercise #walking new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal built or improved 68+ zoos across the nation, and its work often involved creating better conditions for the animals. #history #zoos #wildlife #animals new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal carried out 100s of archaeology & paleontology excavations, & unearthed millions of artifacts, bones & fossils. It sparked a heightened interest in these fields that lasts to this day. #history #archaeology #paleontology #dinosaurs new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal had over 1,600 projects to build or improve dock, wharves, piers, etc., thereby enhancing America's commerce, recreation, and defense. #history #boating #shipping #commerce #recreation #fishing new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

By 1939, the WPA had recreation programs in over 7,000 communities. Might these types of recreation programs help with some of the serious physical and social issues we have today? #history #recreation #health #exercise #loneliness new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal created or repaired millions of pieces of furniture, for use in schools, government offices, and the homes of the less fortunate. #history #furniture #carpentry #woodworking new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

During the 10 core years of the New Deal, there were 12,894 fewer bank failures than in the 10 years leading up to the New Deal, thanks to FDIC (and other reforms). Some say the New Deal was a failure. Do you agree? #history #banking #banks new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The New Deal built over 868 ships and boats, from aircraft carriers to rowboats. #history #ships #boats #boating #boatbuilding #navy #coastguard new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-...

The CCC reduced wildfire fuel on 2.1 million acres of land, and alongside 80,000 miles of road. A new CCC could do the same today (and even more), lowering the severity of wildfires. #history #conservation #wildfires #forestry new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

WPA artists created at least 21,765 artworks for the Index of American Design - an initiative to record American creative works, products, and styles. #history #art new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

The New Deal had about 25,000 projects to build or improve tennis courts, part of its overall initiative to create more recreational, social, and exercise opportunities for Americans. #history #tennis #recreation new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

Andrew Preston has won the latest Living New Deal book award, with honorable mentions going to Stephanie Gray and Richard Haw; and of course we benefit from all who research and write on the New Deal - enhancing our collective knowledge. #history #books livingnewdeal.substack.com/p/new-deal-b...

The New Deal created, developed, or improved 13,000+ parks across the U.S. If we did the same today, adj. for pop. growth, that would be 32,000 parks created, developed, or improved, 2026-2036. #history #parks #recreation #nature #conservation new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

The New Deal had more than 14,500 projects and 19,000 miles of water lines to improve America's drinking water - both supply and quality. #history #infrastructure #water #health new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...

A nice article on how our asst. director, Mary Okin, is working to protect the Wilbur Cohen Bldg (the old Social Security Bldg) & its artwork from demolition or sale. The Cohen Bldg & its art is a symbol of gov't that is of, by, and for the people. #history #art www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

The New Deal created at least 177 new museums and expanded, improved, or assisted countless other existing museums. #history #museums new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...

Journalism is the critical line of defense for our history. Join TNR's @timothynoah.bsky.social & @livingnewdeal.bsky.social to discuss the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal" & the fight to save the Cohen Building. Register here: trib.al/XZS8S3E

The New Deal built 550+ new communities for Americans in need of assistance: Homesteads, public housing, resettlement communities, etc. #history #housing #affordablehousing #communities #homelessness new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...

The New Deal had over 1,000 projects to build or improve public golf courses, greatly increasing recreational opportunities for many generations of Americans (including the current generations). #history #recreation #sports #golf #exercise new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...

This retaining wall was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was built by WPA workers in 1936 and holds up Richwood Avenue in Morgantown, West Virginia. Across the U.S., the WPA built 1,820 miles of new retaining walls and revetments. #history #infrastructure #labor

This is "Winter in the Catskill Mountains," an oil painting by John W. Bentley (1880-1951), created while he was in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, 1934. #art #history #winter #painting

The New Deal built over 10,000 new garages, warehouses, hangars, and other storage buildings - to protect our food and goods, tools and tractors, autos and airplanes. #history #buildings new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

The New Deal put together 23,000 public forums for civic education. The idea was that Americans needed to come together, listen to subject matter experts, & work with each other in a democratic fashion to solve problems. #history #democracy new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

The New Deal created 110,000+ jobs for American Indians & Native Alaskans, through the CWA, PWA, WPA, & especially the CCC. Through these agencies a breathtaking array of public works were carried out on native lands. #indians #history #alaska new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-...

The New Deal created the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1933. It was carried out by the formerly-unemployed (the supposed "lazy good-for-nothings") & today is a cherished history resource. #history #preservation #architecture new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

The New Deal produced, collected, repaired, and distributed over 8 million Christmas toys for children of lower-income families. #christmas #history #toys #children new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

Our petition to save the Cohen Bldg (the original HQ of Social Security) and its New Deal art--both of which highlight a government that is supposed to be of, by, and for the people--is now over 5,000 signatures. Consider signing or sharing, if you haven't already. www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

The New Deal built 1,383 new hospitals and treatment facilities. #history #hospitals #healthcare #health new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-...

The New Deal performed over 1.5 million miles of roadwork. That's enough roadwork to go around the earth 60 times. Much of the work consisted of farm-to-market roads & secondary roads in rural areas. #roads #infrastructure #history #labor new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-...

10 million people in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, & Virginia receive electricity--at lower cost than investor-owned utilities--via the New Deal's TVA. #history #electricity #TVA #Tennessee #rural #farming new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...

A farm scene oil painting, by Mary Winslow, created while she was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1936. Image from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. #art #artists #painting #farming #history #landscape

The New Deal provided direct employment, or provided the funds for direct employment, for about 4 million women, including work-relief jobs, regular federal employment, and high-level administrative posts. #women #history #jobs #labor new-deal-accomplishments.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-...