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CCC workers in Acadia National Park, 1934

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CCC workers in Acadia National Park, 1934
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Civilian Conservation Corps workers work on a diseased tree in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. There were two camps on Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor.

The CCC put young men to work during the Great Depression at state and national parks and working on forest disease and pest eradication projects.


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