@lronlacy.bsky.socialthe #CivilianConservationCorps at work; industries in Kingsport, Tennessee; and images documenting local folk crafts and culture.
‘Group of CCC boys from Idaho just arrived in camp near Andersonville, Tennessee. The CCC units are to assist in the reforestation work on the ➡️
@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD in 1938
‘Great Oaks from Little Acorns’
‘America’s No.1 Resource – Her Youth’
Enlistment poster for the Arizona Civilian Conservation Corps., September 24, 1938.
Drawing by Reg Mannng (1905-1986 👉ALT)
Gilder Lehrman Collection
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#CCC #CivilianConservationCorps
![Image from http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resources/civilian-conservation-corps-poster-1938 7.11.19
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Manning:
‘Reginald W. Manning (April 8, 1905 – March 10, 1986), better known as Reg Manning, was an American artist and illustrator, best known for his editorial cartoons.
Manning was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but he came to live in Phoenix, Arizona. Manning's only art training occurred during high school. After graduating, Manning worked as a freelancer. In 1926, The Arizona Republic hired Manning as a photographer and artist. At first, Manning's work appeared in several forms in the paper. Although he was interested in drawing comic strips, the popularity of his editorial work led him to focus on editorial cartoons.[2] His work was syndicated in as many as 170 newspapers.
Manning often used a small anthropomorphic cactus with a big nose as a visual signature. From 1948 until 1971, his work was syndicated by the McNaught Syndicate.’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lcxdn7fcxeec4lw454ihzair/bafkreieyfdmybgb6auawslv2rznyufst3ma4af4kotshvk57qfmmpgojhm@jpeg)
@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD in 1933
‘The Fire Planet By Ray Cummings’
‘Frank Richardson Pierce’s Reforestation Army Novel’
#Illustration by Robert A. Graef (1879-1951)
Cover of *Argosy Weekly*, September 23, 1933
#NRA #CCC #CivilianConservationCorps #ScienceFiction #SciFi #illustrationart #RobertGraef
@lronlacy.bsky.socialIn #SEPTEMBER 1936
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‘CCC, 5th Corps Area, Life Saving School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, “Passing tests”'
#CivilianConservationCorps September 1936
The program training enrollees as swimming & life-saving instructors, set up in with the #AmericanRedCross, was announced in ➡️
@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD - Sept. 7 - 1935
The official newspaper of the #CCC (#CivilianConservationCorps) *Happy Days*, was distributed to every camp. Nearly every camp published its own paper or newsletter as well.
“Happy Days Are Here Again” had been the theme song of #FDR's campaign.
#TheNewDeal
@lronlacy.bsky.social#OTD in 1938
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A full-page advertisement in the Sept. 3, 1938, edition of *Happy Days*, the national newspaper from the #CivilianConservationCorps, for Sears Roebuck and Co. promised that a “spic and span” brand new catalog would be sent to every CCC camp in the United States.
