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Item 1163
Sweden Street, Caribou, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 26849
Christmas at CCC Jefferson Camp, 1933
Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: 1933-12-25 Location: Jefferson Media: Photographic print
Item 40183
1163 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Avery Thomes Use: Dwelling - Two family
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
