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Poster

Civilian Conservation Corps Poster

Date: 1939
Description: A foldout, illustrated poster for a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth program featuring images of teenaged boys working. The text reads: "The CCC — A...
Photograph

WPA Work at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1939
Description: A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a...
Photograph

Crystal Lake CCC Camp

Date: 1935
Description: Barracks buildings at the Crystal Lake Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp.
Photograph

New Deal Road Work

Date: 07 21 1936
Description: Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j...
Photograph

Marching at Fort Sheridan

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Description: Elevated view of men in formation, probably the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1604, marching through the grounds of Fort Sheridan.
Photograph

Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps

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Description: Elevated view of members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), probably Company 1604, in uniform and standing in formation, possibly at Fort Sheridan.
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Company Marching

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Description: Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), probably Company 1604, in uniform and in formation, possibly at Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Beaver

Date: 11 1933
Description: Winter view of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Beaver tents with two men in the background. CCC Company 1604 used Camp Beaver as their base camp...
Photograph

WPA at Work

Date: 05 18 1936
Description: A Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew at work laying a stone terrace in Stevens Point.
Photograph

CCC Camp at Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: Men lined up for mealtime at the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp at Devil's Lake State Park. The camp was reportedly opened in 1935 and closed in 19...
Book or Pamphlet

Barkeep

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a bartender wearing an apron and carrying a glass of beer. He stands in front of three barrels.
Photograph

Jump River CCC Clerks with Trophies

Date: 1935
Description: Russ Edlerkin, Army Chief Clerk in shorts and tank top; George Arthur Weidner, Army Chief Clerk holding two trophy cups; unknown F.S. Clerk holding two tro...
Photograph

Signal Point Stone Wall Under Construction

Date: 1936
Description: Four men are building the wall at Signal Point Lookout in Wyalusing State Park. They are part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Project #8656-8. Th...
Photograph

Six-Wheeler on W.P.A. Project

Date: 1939
Description: View across street towards men working on a Works Progress Administration project. Three men are standing and holding a board with a chain attached to it n...
Photograph

Building Spawning Boxes

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Two men in work clothes are bending over a box they are constructing from slab wood near Lake Menomin. There is snow on the ground and a park shelter in th...
Photograph

Clearing Brush

Date: 06 09 1936
Description: Smoke is rising from piles of burning brush and stumps along a country road. Two men are walking near another pile of brush in the foreground on the right....
Photograph

Mess Hall, Camp Madison

Date: 1935
Description: View between rows of tables inside the mess hall of Camp Madison. This was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp created at the Arboretum of the Unive...
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps 2670th Company Trucks

Date: 1935
Description: A row of trucks are parked in a lot with trees in the background. The caption identifies the trucks as belonging to CCC 2670, the Madison-based 2670th Comp...
Photograph

Camp Madison, 2670th Company

Date: 1935
Description: View of several cabins in winter. A path has been cut through snow to the camp. This is Camp Madison, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located at...

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