Photograph collection, [ca. 1890]-1934.

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Photograph collection, [ca. 1890]-1934.

Primarily photographs of iron mining and blast furnaces in Port Henry, with others of Crown Point, the village of Port Henry, boats, and Civilian Conservation Corps camps.

ca. 150 items.

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Sherman Free Library (Sherman, N.Y.).

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Collecting area: Port Henry history. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155467872 ...

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)

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The Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal agency, was created as part of the New Deal in 1935. From the description of Civilian Conservation Corps photograph collection [graphic]. 1936. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38548415 On March 31, 1933, congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. On April 5, the president appointed Robert Fechner of Tennessee as Director of Emergency Conservation Work. Fechner, a vic...