We can practically hear the conversation of the three women around the table in the Los Angeles sewing room depicted here, as their hands collectively touch the cloth in front of them. Similar scenes occurred around the country and throughout the Great Depression in official governmental sewing rooms like this one, as women formed community and lifted one another’s spirits. Image courtesy of a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license, UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library, Department of Special Collections.

[Full title: "Women employed by SERA [State Emergency Relief Administration] sew a quilt, Los Angeles"]