CCC Builder

Photograph

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Kaysville - Fruit Heights Museum of History and Art

Name/Title

CCC Builder

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.143

Description

Image of Civilian Conservation Corps personnel constructing cabin in Utah mountains.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Original Print

Subject

Government

Subject Person or Organization

Civilian Conservation Corp

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Uinta Mountains, Utah

Context

Frank Hyde of Kaysville worked for five years during the United States Great Depression as a supervisor in Civilian Conservation Corp camps. The camps, the result of programs associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, were located in Utah at Kamas, Woods Cross, Pleasant grove, Manila and Black's Fork.

Collection

Forest Barker Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Attribution

Under supervision of Frank Hyde.

Date made

circa 1938

Notes

The first CCC camp in Utah was constructed in the spring of 1933 and the last camp closed in July of 1942. Frank Hyde worked for the corps from the summer of 1935 to approximately 1941.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Printing stamp

Location

Visible on reverse side of print.

Transcription

Ideal Photo [?] Gloss October 10 1933 55

Material/Technique

Ink stamp

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4-1/2 in

Color

Black, White

Copyright

Copyright Holder

Kaysville-Fruit Heights Museum of History and Art

Restrictions

Reproduction rights are granted only for limited non-profit, academic and educational purposes with attribution and citation.

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Fawn B. Morgan

Notes

See Kenneth W. Baldridge, “Reclamation Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933–1942,” Utah Historical Quarterly 39 no 3 (1971): 265–285; Kenneth W. Baldridge, “The Civilian Conservation Corps” in Utah History Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1994); Brian Q. Cannon, “Mormons and the New Deal: The 1936 Presidential Election in Utah,” Utah Historical Quarterly 67 no 1 (1999): 6-24; newspaper articles cited in John Forest Barker, "Civilian Conservation Corp." Riding the Snow Horse with My Grandfather: The Story of Frank Hyde, 1881 to 1947, Ch. 14, self-published, 2014; newspaper obituaries of Frank Hyde in Salt Lake Tribune, Davis County Clipper, Kaysville Weekly Reflex.