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HARRY L. HOPKINS
ADMINISTRATOR
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WORKS-PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
WALKER-JOHNSON BUILDING
1734 NEW YORK AVENUE NW.
WASHINGTON. D. C.
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Februnry 12, 1°37
Information Service Letter No. 3t
TO: All State Works Progress Administrators
Attention: Information Service Directors
SUBJECT: Construction of WPA Project Signs
Since the standard WPA project signs made of paner are
subject to damage and must be replace! freouentiy, the crinting
of these signs has been discontinued.
Hereafter, WPA uroject signs aha.ll be nad° of durable
rnat-rial, such as wood or sheet ste°l, so that they will last
throughout the life of the project and be moved from one project
to another. The new signs shall be constructed by the State
Works Progress Administration as required. These signs shall be
identical with the previously prescribed signs as to size, color,
and design. The method of construction and the material to be used
in the construction of signs are ootionsl with the State Adminis¬
trator.
For your guidance in the construction of WPA project
signs the following are enclosed:
1. A color card giving color designations in War De¬
partment specifications. In the painting of WPA signs the red
used is always to be identical with the "red (flag color) No. 15"
in this color card, and the "blue (flag color) No. 21" in this
color card.
2. Reproduction of a drawing showing a suggested sign
with two additional panels, one above and one below. If this
design for the entire marker is adopted, the upper panel should
always contain the words "Community Improvement" and one or two
words on the lower half of the panel telling the type of project
marked. The lower panel should include the project number and
the name of the sponsor.
3. A reproduction of a photograph of another type of
sign. In this case the phrase describing the type of project and
the name of the sponsor are ma.de e pert of the main sign.
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The project number, the name of the sponsor, and.
a brief project description shall be shown on all WPA project
signs erected.
Projects of the National Youth Administration may¬
be marked in the same manner, except that the letters "NYA"
should be substituted for "1PA" on the bottom panel of the sign.
The State Works Progress Administrator and the State Director
of the National Youth Administration should cooperate in carry¬
ing out this program.
David K. Niles
Assistant Administrator
Note: Since the supply of color cards was limited, these have
been sent only to State Works Progress Administrators.
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NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION
1734 NEW YORK AVENUE NW.
WASHINGTON, I>, C.
11142
March 2, 1937
"TO ALL STATE DIRECTORS:
SUBJECT: Construction of NYA Project Signs
Attached to this letter is a copy of
WPA Information Service Letter No. 33' dated.
Eehruary 12, 1.937, relative to the construction
of WPA project signs. The last paragraph of
Information Service Letter No. 33 indicates the
modifications that will "be made in the WPA signs
to make them applicable to NYA work projects.
The remaining stock of the printed. NYA
project signs is being mailed to the State "Youth
Directors.
lubrey Williams
Executive Director