Looking Over Camp Pike

Photograph

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The Cardinal Collection

Pike Lake State Park - View of Camp Pike From Atop A Hill, ca. 1933-1942: A photograph taken atop a hill that looks out onto the campus of Camp Pike-a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp home to Company 503. The enrollees at Camp Pike reforested Pike State Forest and built the infrastructure in what became Pike Lake State Park. The CCC program transplanted urban young men into rural settings as they worked to rehabilitate the American landscape.
Pike Lake State Park - View of Camp Pike From Atop A Hill, ca. 1933-1942

A photograph taken atop a hill that looks out onto the campus of Camp Pike-a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp home to Company 503. The enrollees at Camp Pike reforested Pike State Forest and built the infrastructure in what became Pike Lake State Park. The CCC program transplanted urban young men into rural settings as they worked to rehabilitate the American landscape.

Name/Title

Looking Over Camp Pike

Entry/Object ID

04.05._0344

Description

A photograph taken atop a hill that looks out onto the campus of Camp Pike-a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp home to Company 503. The enrollees at Camp Pike reforested Pike State Forest and built the infrastructure in what became Pike Lake State Park. The CCC program transplanted urban young men into rural settings as they worked to rehabilitate the American landscape.

Cataloged By

Neil Humphrey