#26 aug.

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On the corner of Mott and Grand Streets in the heart of Little Italy, a pushcart vendor waits for business, August 26, 1958. In the background is Di Palo's Italian cheese shop.

Photo: Dan Grossi for the AP

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Dan Bankhead, 26, who joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first black pitcher in major league baseball, stands with Dodgers manager Burt Shotton at Ebbets Field on August 26, 1947.

Photo: John Rooney for the AP

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This thermometer showed a temperature of 100° F (nearly 38° Celsius) on August 26, 1948.

Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images

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By the time the Works Progress Administration ended in 1943, it had provided jobs for 8.5 million Americans during the worst of the Great Depression--and created thousands of buildings, works of art, and other projects. When it went into effect in 1933, New York ordered its (male) relief recipients to "go to work or go to jail."

Here, hundreds of applicants line up to register for WPA jobs on August 26, 1933 in one of the bureaus set up by the agency. The administrator of this location said he had no doubt that he would meet his quota of 20,000 new workers for the week.

Photo: Associated Press