National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/trailblazing/the-new-deal

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys enrolled
PART 9
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - a few results
‘Civilian Conservation Corps workers complete construction of a new Visitor Center at South Dakota’s #WindCaveNationalPark. Ca. 1936’
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps

Construction of comfort station by CCC labor in Crater Lake NP, 1938.’ http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/index-of-images/the-nps-focus-collection/focus-04/focus-ccc-camps/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 8
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
7. Landscape and recreation: Public camp & picnic ground development, lake & pond site clearing and development
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography

‘Fire Fighting. Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees on the fire line in a big forest fire in the west. During the first seven years of its operation, April 1933-1940, the CCC spent more than 5 1/2 million man-days in fighting forest fires. This is an arduous job calling for coordinated effort, obedience, and courage. An additional 5 million man-days was spent in fire prevention and pre-suppression work.’ 1933. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 7
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
6. Forest protection: fire prevention, fire pre-suppression, firefighting, insect and disease control
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #forestfires

‘CCC enrollees carrying transplants to the fields, Shasta National Forest.’ Description/Notes: USFS photo #413770. Original Collection: Gerald W. Williams Collection. Item Number: WilliamsG:CCC_planting seedlings https://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3226944202/in/faves-15415730@N03/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 6
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
5. Forest culture: planting trees and shrubs, timber stand improvement, seed collection, nursery work
By 1942 over 3 billion trees had been planted
👉ALT
#TheNewDeal #forestry #reforestation

Here men from the Emergency Conservation Works Carbon River Camp clear debris from a channel in Mount Rainier National Park. Note the burning slash and the use of hand tools.’ (ca. 1934-35) http://www.archives.gov/seattle/exhibit/picturing-the-century/great-depression.html

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 5
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
4. Flood control: irrigation, drainage, dams, ditching, channel work, riprapping
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #floodcontrol

‘CCC--Third Corps Area (PA, MD, VA, DC), Sodding, Co. 5445, Camp A-4, Beltsville, MD. Civilian Conservation Corps, Third Corps Area: Beltsville, Maryland, Co. 5445 - sodding. 1933.’ http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 4
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
3. Erosion control: check dams, terracing, and vegetable covering
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #erosion

'CCC activities--Roadside clearing, Boise National Forest, Idaho.' Civilian Conservation Corps in Idaho, Boise National Forest. 1933. image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gerald_W._Williams_Collection#/media/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 3
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
2. Transportation: Truck trails, minor roads, foot trails and airport landing fields
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC

‘CCC crew erecting telephone line, Fremont National Forest, Oregon.’ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gerald_W._Williams_Collection#/media/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys enrolled PART 2
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
1. Structural improvements: bridges, fire lookout towers, telephone lines, and service buildings
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps

Ca. 1940. John Garth. image from https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/a342lf/achievements_of_the_civilian_conservation_corps/ 22.3.21

By 1942 more than 2.5 million men were employed in more than 4,500 camps across the 48 states and the territories.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC
Projects largely fell under 7 general categories: #CCCBoys PARTS 2-9

C.C.C. A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health’ Color silkscreen by Albert M. Bender. Chicago, Illinois, WPA Federal Art Project, [1941]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (B WPA Ill.B46 1). image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/search/?co=wpapos&st=grid

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys PART 1
🧵👇
Only 34 days after FDR’S inauguration, the first Civilian Conservation Corps enrolees were inducted through the Dept. of Labor working with local relief agencies. The CCC employed young unmarried men, age 17-23, in manual - and in ➡️

The Boys Who Rebuilt America: The Civilian Conservation Corps In the depths of the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps gave millions of young men work, dignity, and a chance to rebuild their lives. Their enduring legacy is etched into America's national parks and forests.

In the depths of the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps gave millions of young men work, dignity, and a chance to rebuild their lives. Their enduring legacy is etched into America's national parks and forests. #History #NewDeal #CCC #CCCboys

in the camps], because I know I’d get full of health the way they have. The only difference is that they have put on an average of about 12 pounds apiece since they got here, and I’m trying to take off 12 pounds.”
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#CCCBoys #CivilianConservationCorps #theNewDeal

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD in 1933
‘Kitchen, Camp 17, Calif. Civilian Conservation Corps. Civilian Conservation Corps in California, Camp 17, Kitchen. June 25, 1933.’
#CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #CCCBoys #TheNewDeal #GreatDepression

National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/trailblazing/the-new-deal 13.8.20

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys enrolled
PART 9
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - a few results
‘Civilian Conservation Corps workers complete construction of a new Visitor Center at South Dakota’s #WindCaveNationalPark. Ca. 1936’
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps

‘Construction of comfort station by CCC labor in Crater Lake NP, 1938.’ http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/index-of-images/the-nps-focus-collection/focus-04/focus-ccc-camps/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 8
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
7. Landscape and recreation: Public camp & picnic ground development, lake & pond site clearing and development
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography

‘Fire Fighting. Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees on the fire line in a big forest fire in the west. During the first seven years of its operation, April 1933-1940, the CCC spent more than 5 1/2 million man-days in fighting forest fires. This is an arduous job calling for coordinated effort, obedience, and courage. An additional 5 million man-days was spent in fire prevention and pre-suppression work.’ 1933. http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 7
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
6. Forest protection: fire prevention, fire pre-suppression, firefighting, insect and disease control
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #CivilianConservationCorps #forestfires

‘CCC enrollees carrying transplants to the fields, Shasta National Forest.’ Description/Notes: USFS photo #413770. Original Collection: Gerald W. Williams Collection. Item Number: WilliamsG:CCC_planting seedlings https://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3226944202/in/faves-15415730@N03/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 6
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
5. Forest culture: planting trees and shrubs, timber stand improvement, seed collection, nursery work
By 1942 over 3 billion trees had been planted
👉ALT
#TheNewDeal #forestry #reforestation

‘Here men from the Emergency Conservation Works Carbon River Camp clear debris from a channel in Mount Rainier National Park. Note the burning slash and the use of hand tools.’ (ca. 1934-35) http://www.archives.gov/seattle/exhibit/picturing-the-century/great-depression.html

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 5
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
4. Flood control: irrigation, drainage, dams, ditching, channel work, riprapping
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #floodcontrol

‘CCC--Third Corps Area (PA, MD, VA, DC), Sodding, Co. 5445, Camp A-4, Beltsville, MD. Civilian Conservation Corps, Third Corps Area: Beltsville, Maryland, Co. 5445 - sodding. 1933.’ http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/thumbnails&subjectid=6

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 4
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
3. Erosion control: check dams, terracing, and vegetable covering
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC #erosion

'CCC activities--Roadside clearing, Boise National Forest, Idaho.' Civilian Conservation Corps in Idaho, Boise National Forest. 1933. image from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gerald_W._Williams_Collection#/media/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys
PART 3
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
2. Transportation: Truck trails, minor roads, foot trails and airport landing fields
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC

‘CCC crew erecting telephone line, Fremont National Forest, Oregon.’ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gerald_W._Williams_Collection#/media/

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys enrolled PART 2
🧵👇
#CCC Projects - 7 general categories:
1. Structural improvements: bridges, fire lookout towers, telephone lines, and service buildings
👉ALT
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps

Ca. 1940. John Garth. image from https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/a342lf/achievements_of_the_civilian_conservation_corps/ 22.3.21

By 1942 more than 2.5 million men were employed in more than 4,500 camps across the 48 states and the territories.
#GreatDepression #TheNewDeal #blackandwhitephotography #CivilianConservationCorps #CCC
Projects largely fell under 7 general categories: #CCCBoys parts 2-9

C.C.C. A young man's opportunity for work, play, study & health’ Color silkscreen by Albert M. Bender. Chicago, Illinois, WPA Federal Art Project, [1941]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (B WPA Ill.B46 1). image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/search/?co=wpapos&st=grid

#OTD - April 7 - in 1933
#CCCBoys part 1
🧵👇
Only 34 days after FDR’S inauguration, the first Civilian Conservation Corps enrolees were inducted through the Dept. of Labor working with local relief agencies. The CCC employed young unmarried men, age 17-23, in manual - and in ➡️