"Sheet Metal Problem"

DESCRIPTION:

Two male NYA trainees pose in this promotional or educational photo demonstrating sheet metal machining skills at the South Charleston work experience program. The number preceding the caption is likely to indicate this slide's place in a presentation format.

 

CAPTION:

"14. AIRCRAFT NYA STUDENTS WORK OUT A SHEET METAL PROBLEM."

 

DATE:

1939-1943.

 

PERSONS:

Unknown.

 

CONTEXT:

Founded as one of many New Deal programs designed to alleviate joblessness at the height of the Great Depression, the National Youth Administration established job training and "work experience" programs across the country from 1935 to 1943. Utilizing several nonessential buildings at the Naval Ordnance Plant from 1939 to 1943, the South Charleston program quickly became one of the largest in the country, topping out at roughly 700 youth in 1941-42. While its early stages only included white males aged 17-24, the program later expanded to include female youth and African-Americans.

 

SOURCE:

National Archives, RG 119-LS

 

CREATOR/ORIGIN:

Unknown/National Youth Administration

 

MEDIUM:

Lantern slide, B&W

 

COPYRIGHT:

None known.

 

DID#:

9x10_LS-119-S_14

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