Keywords: Civilian Conservation Corps
Item 82391
Civilian Conservation Corps gravel pit at Mt. Bigelow, Flagstaff, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: circa 1935 Location: Flagstaff Media: Photographic print
Item 82378
Veterans Conservation Corps Jefferson Camp Crews with Trucks, ca. 1934
Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: 1933–1935 Location: Jefferson Media: Photographic print
Item 109290
Princeton CCC Camp alterations for P.O.W. camp, Princeton, 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Princeton Client: Princeton CCC Camp Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
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Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4
"A group of civilians known as the Ground Observer Corps watched the skies for enemy aircraft and then again during the Cold War of the 1950s."
Story
Bob Hodge:A rocky road to become Biddeford school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The son of immigrants, Bob's hard work and determination leads to a life of community service.
Story
First night on the pulp pile at zero degrees, to mill foreman
by Arthur Benedetto
I worked my way up in International Paper, moving from the pick ax pile to a foreman on computers
