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| Title | Rudy Hummel and stone monument |
| Date of Original | 1934 |
| Description | Rudy Hummel stands with a stone monument decorated with an eight-pointed star made from pebbles near one of the work sites or camps of Civilian Conservation Corps company 795. A house with a second floor balcony is visible in the background. |
| 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
Monuments
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| Personal Name | Hummel, Rudolph A., 1911-2000
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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-07-17 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "Rudy in CCC"--Handwritten on back of photograph.
"Skrudland's Chicago"--Stamped 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-07-17) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh2008P0717 |
