Photo: 11 November 2018
New Mexico State Fairgrounds: The Beef Barn, a WPA creation[1].
References
- State Fair Here in 1938 Assured, Albuquerque Journal, May 5,
1938, p.1: "About one-third of the three-year program has been completed,
[Frank] Shufflebarger [chairman of State Fair Commission] said. The ...
buildings for display of livestock will be entirely completed."
(Such as the Beef Barn)
- Leslie Linthicum, "New Mexico
Got Hefty Federal Funds for Depression-Era Programs, Changing the State
Forever", Albuquerque Journal, 30 March 2008: "[FDR's] solution
[to the problems of the Great Depression] was a sweeping collection of
programs known as the New Deal ... The New Deal left an especially
meaningful mark on New Mexico. [It] built ... unforgettable parts of the
landscape [such as] many of the New Mexico State Fair buildings..."
(So the work was done by the New Deal.)