Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Oak Glen, Calif. [graphic]. 1933.

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Civilian Conservation Corps camp at Oak Glen, Calif. [graphic]. 1933.

An overview of Oak Glen Camp from the hillside, a panoramic view of tents of the camp (photograph numbered 78), and a panoramic group portrait of approximately 100 young men of Company 538 holding mess kits in front of a barrack (numbered 80).

3 photographic prints : b&w ; 19 x 24 cm. and 10 x 32 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7570126

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Ink, W. H.

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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...