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Camp Petenwell Labor Battalion
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A group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men working in a field. On a rough road are three trucks. Two of the trucks have large groups of men in them. The third appears to be mostly empty, and a small group of men stand on the right near the truck. Another group of men sit and stand alongside the road in the brush on the left.
1936
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Camp Petenwell CCC Men
Five men from the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Petenwell stand together and smile for the camera. They are posed in front of a truck which is parked next to a wood frame building on the right.
Camp Petenwell CCC Dam
The Civilian Conservation Corps dam built at Camp Petenwell near Necedah.
Camp Petenwell Entrance
A man stands in the entrance archway to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Petenwell.
Camp Petenwell in Necedah
A view of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Petenwell at Broadway and 42nd St.
Civilian Conservation Corps Truck
1941
A man in a uniform stands beside a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) truck. The photograph is annotated as: "The Gravy Boat." There is a building in the background on the right.
Camp Petenwell Workers and Trucks
Group of men posing in a field. There are two trucks parked behind the group, and axes are propped up in the foreground.
