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| Title | Rudy Hummel, Edwin Steinwand, Fred Mautz and others in line at CCC camp 795 |
| Date of Original | 1934 |
| Description | Rudy Hummel, Edwin Steinwand, and Fred Mautz are among the many members of Civilian Conservation Corps company 795 standing in line at one of their camps. Tall tents are visible behind the men, as well as a brick building. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | People
Work Life
WPA projects
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Laborers
Uniforms
Tents
Camps
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| Personal Name | Hummel, Rudolph A., 1911-2000
Mautz, Fred
Steinwand, Edwin
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| Organization Name | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2008-P-07-21 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "CCC 33-34"--Handwritten on front of photograph.
"Find yourself Ed & Fred 4-33-1934"--Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Rudy Hummel joined Civilian Conservation Corps Company 795 in 1933 at Fort Abraham Lincoln in Bismarck, N.D. Company 795 was later shipped to New England, N.D., where some men worked on the Heart River Dam. Other men were later sent to a spike camp at the Hettinger Airport, while the main camp went to Mott, N.D. to work on a dam on the Cannon Ball River. The winter camp for company 795 was in Fair Park, Arkansas. Company 795 helped build parks and helped with flood relief. Rudy Hummel also spent time doing CCC work in Hibbing, Minn., Fort Abraham Lincoln, Valley City, and Devils Lake, N.D. He was discharged from the CCC in 1935. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Rudy Hummel Civilian Conservation Corps Photograph Collection 2008-P-07
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (2008-P-07-21) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh2008P0721 |
