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Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

CCC crew and trucks, Alfred, ca. 1933

CCC crew and trucks, Alfred, ca. 1933

Item 26856 info
Maine Forest Service

The goal of the CCC was to put young men to work doing jobs that would benefit the environment and the community at large.

It was also to help support the families of those men.

Enrollees earned $30 a month. They were to send $25 of that home to their families.