Name/Title
A Catch of FishEntry/Object ID
2022.1.146Description
A rod, creel and fish use to catch fish shown. CCC workers near Mirror Lake.Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Unknown original print typeSubject Person or Organization
Civilian Conservation CorpContext
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. During recreational time, Hyde taught boys how to tie fishing flies.Collection
Forest Barker CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Attribution
Under supervision of Frank Hyde.Date made
circa 1938Place
* Untyped Place
Uinta Mountains, UtahNotes
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
InscriptionLocation
Visible on reverse side of print.Transcription
C.C.C. Fish caught
near Mirror LakeMaterial/Technique
InkNotes
Inscription in handwriting of Forest Barker.Dimensions
Dimension Description
Horizontal aspectHeight
5 inWidth
3-1/2 inCopyright
Copyright Holder
Kaysville-Fruit Heights Museum of History and ArtResearch Notes
Research Type
ResearcherPerson
Fawn B. MorganNotes
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.