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National Youth Administration: A typical NYA student training class in a vocational project – Antique Print

National Youth Administration: A typical NYA student training class in a vocational project, [between 1936 and 1940] — historic photograph
National Youth Administration: A typical NYA student training class in a vocational project, [between 1936 and 1940]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Students in a vocational training class gather for instruction in a National Youth Administration project, a federal program created in 1935 to help young people stay in school and find work during the Great Depression. NYA vocational projects paired part-time paid labor with classroom and shop instruction, aiming to give students practical skills that could help them get jobs. The caption card dates the photograph only to a span between 1936 and 1940, so the exact location and trade are unconfirmed, but the scene reflects a broader effort to prepare young Americans for work when jobs were scarce.

Created / published[between 1936 and 1940]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by National Youth Administration (Office for Emergency Management). C 311. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: U.S. Natl Youth Admin.; Youth; Education.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,141 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150207

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