Title	Camp Sam Houston dining area in mess hall
Description	The dining area at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Sam Houston. Multiple tables with place settings are visible. The kitchen and serving area are also visible in the background. The central room heating furnace is also featured.
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
Place	Pikeville (Tenn.)
Collection name	RG 93, Civilian Conservation Corps Records
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
Subjects - TGM	Cafeterias Dining Rooms
Accession number	RG 93
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	35390
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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