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NYA student laboratory assistant – Vintage Wall Art

NYA student laboratory assistant, [between 1936 and 1940] — historic photograph
NYA student laboratory assistant, [between 1936 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures NYA student laboratory assistant in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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NYA student laboratory assistant

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A young student working as a laboratory assistant is the focus here, a kind of job the National Youth Administration made possible for many students during the Depression. Created in 1935 as part of the New Deal, the NYA paid part-time wages to students so they could stay in high school and college rather than drop out to find work. Its campus jobs placed young people in science labs, libraries and workshops, and this picture, dated between 1936 and 1940, shows that program in action. It comes from the Office of War Information collection, whose photographs document many aspects of American life in those years.

Created / published[between 1936 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1930-1940.
NotesOffice for Emergency Management-Office of War Information Collection. No. NYA 628 D.
SubjectsUnited States.--National Youth Administration--People--1930-1940. Laboratories--United States--1930-1940. Education--United States--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,057 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-164638

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