This is a snapshot from the antique shop in Bemidji Minnesota.
At first I thought it was a soldier..then I thought it was a hunter. Now I think it is a CCC worker. Civilian Conservation Corps was part of the New Deal Program of Franklin D. Roosevelt, it was a relief program from 1933 to 1942 that got young unemployed, unmarried men to work. They planted trees, built roads and bridges and worked in State Parks.
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I think you are probably right. Although he is carrying a gun.
ReplyDeleteI need to post the photo of my Uncle in his WWI Uniform. He died from influenza
ReplyDeleteand didn't come home.
I saw a documentary on the C.C.C. just yesterday. I didn't know it was just unmarried men.I think we need something like that for today.
ReplyDeleteA rare find, I am sure. Hope you both are having a good day.
ReplyDeleteThis is an odd photo. The man definitely has a bolt-action rifle in his hand. I initially thought, WWII jungle scene? but the forest looks like hardwood. Did they arm CCC workers (or did they do Army training?) Most curious....
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