Keywords: Bonus Veteran Camp
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 26873
Jefferson CCC Camp gate, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1933 Location: Jefferson Media: Photographic print
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.
