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This black and white photograph shows a group of young men dressed in white uniforms from the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Kalvesta, Kansas. The camp was located in Finney County and was apart of the New Deal program, created during Franklin D Roosevelt's administration, to generate employment for young men while emphasizing work toward conservation projects across rural America.
Date: 1934
Item Number: 212227
Call Number: FK2.Fl K.78 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212227
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Conservation
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1930s - 1934
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Civilian Conservation Corps
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - New Deal
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Kalvesta
Places - Counties - Finney
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Photographs
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