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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Florida's New Deal Parks and Post Office Murals

Florida's New Deal Parks and Post Office Murals

Watson, Keri

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General ArchitectureLandscape ArchitectureRegional: South

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ISBN10: 1467156965
ISBN13: 9781467156967
Publisher: History Press
Published: Apr 15 2024
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Author Keri Watson guides readers on a tour through New Deal era Sunshine State parks and post office murals. Even before the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, the Florida economy was depressed from two major hurricanes, a citrus export embargo, and the collapse of the real estate market. Florida desperately needed the relief promised by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and actively participated in and benefited from a number of federally sponsored initiatives during the Great Depression. These programs were aimed at what the president termed Relief, Recovery, and Reform, and they impacted every sector of society from banking and farming to art and architecture. This collection offers a detailed look at the state parks and post offices built in Florida between 1931 and 1946. Looking at Florida's Depression-era parks and post offices in concert elucidates the ways in which the natural and built environments work together to constitute the cultural landscape and provides insight into the role of the federal government in Florida's construction as an exotic and tropical paradise.

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