Title	Camp Sam Houston cooks in front of the hall
Description	Twelve cooks and another man stand outside the mess hall at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Sam Houston.
Historical note	With the purpose of relieving unemployment, the Civilian Conservation Corps was created in 1933, and was expanded by Congress in 1937. During this expansion, the Civilian Conservation Corps added vocation training and remedial education programs. The Corps employed young men to perform structural improvements to bridges and roads; erosion and flood control; and various conservation work projects. The Corps was instrumental in the infrastructure of the Tennessee State Parks System and National Parks in Tennessee.
Date	undated
Creator	Spencer & Wyckoff
Place	Pikeville (Tenn.)
Publisher	Spencer & Wyckoff
Publication place	Detroit (Mich.)
Collection name	RG 93, Civilian Conservation Corps Records
Accession number	RG 93
Education Tags	2.36 5.50 US.49 Civilian Conservation Corps New Deal The 1920s and the Great Depression
Subjects - LCSH	Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S. New Deal, 1933-1939; Camps -- Food Service; Food Service Employees
Subjects - TGM	Cooks Cafeterias
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	35389
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
Media Type	Photographs
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