Works Progress Administration, WPA, Parade ca 1937

Works Progress Administration, WPA, Parade ca 1937 SOF WPA parade, marching band toward camera. Banners, placards & flags. Workers Alliance of Greater New York. Past Penn Station (?) on 7th Ave. w/ band playing; kid on roller-skates w/ hockey stick. 14:25:41 People watching from sidewalk as parade passes. Signs calling for expansion of WPA; jobless chanting “we want jobs.” 14:26:22 Float w/ Boss hitting workers on head with axe & they fall. Battleship float. Teachers union float. Sign: stop layoffs. People watch from curb. Parade exiting street into building garage. Depression; Unemployed; Government Programs; Labor Unions; NOTE: WPA was set up in 1935; this parade was probably during 1937 recession.