Click above to learn more about select objects featured in the exhibition For the Greatest Number.

These brochures were offered in two designed, each featuring a different poster on the reverse side.

One of the original posters for the exhibition featuring artist Dox Thrash.

One of the original posters for the exhibition featuring artwork inspired by the WPA poster "Young and Old Visit the Library" by Nathan Sherman.

Join staff from the Children's Literature Research Collection and the Print and Picture Collection as they examine and discuss some of the more unusual items found in the Milhous and Lichten papers.

Join us for a presentation by CETA Arts alums Virginia Maksymowicz and Blaise Tobia, and dance historian Dr. Colleen Hooper about how CETA put artists to work on a scale not seen since the New Deal.

Join us for a discussion of artwork created during the New Deal with Laura Stroffolino, Curator, Print and Picture Collection and Alina Josan, Librarian, Art Department.

Councilmember Kendra Brooks, Justin DiBeradinis, Keon Liberato, and LaNeshe Miller-White, four notable Philadelphians from the worlds of art, labor, and public policy, discuss what the city owes its people.

Join chef Shayla Felton-Dorsey for this online cooking program that highlights New Deal era cooking.

Join us for an exclusive virtual live tour and chat with Caitlin Goodman, Curator, Rare Book Department, and Laura Stroffolino, Curator, Print and Picture Collection, for the Free Library’s newest exhibit.

Listen to music from the New Deal.

A New-Deal-themed episode from Story Search.

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Discover books and other media related to the New Deal.

This book cover, featured in For the Greatest Number, is housed in the Print & Picture Collection and can be viewed in our Digital Collections.

by Nina C.

by Fleisher Collection

by Laura S.

by Laura S. and Caitlin G.

by Laura S.