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CCC in Idaho

CCC in Idaho. Clearing logs in the Boise National Forest. CCC Outhouse. Stacy Peterson . CCC in Idaho. Clearing logs in the Boise National Forest. CCC Outhouse. Stacy Peterson . On the road to Atlanta. Building Shaffer Butte Road. Gallagher Camp, by Banks, ID.

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CCC in Idaho

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  1. CCC in Idaho Clearing logs in the Boise National Forest CCC Outhouse Stacy Peterson

  2. CCC in Idaho Clearing logs in the Boise National Forest CCC Outhouse Stacy Peterson On the road to Atlanta

  3. Building Shaffer Butte Road

  4. Gallagher Camp, by Banks, ID

  5. The New Deal “work” philosophy • “Give a man a dole and you save his body and destroy his spirit; give him a job and pay him an assured wage, and you save both the body and the spirit.” Harry Hopkins • Didn’t want to compete with private employers • No dependence on government programs • “The federal government must and shall quit this business of relief.” FDR • More $ on wages, less $ on tools and materials

  6. The Works Progress Administration

  7. The W.P.A. • Huge impact throughout the U.S. • 8 million Americans (20% of America‘s work force!) employed over the life of WPA • $11 billion spent on workers and projects ‘35-’43 • 8000 parks, 5900 schools, 2500 hospitals, 350 airports, 570,000 miles of roads • Changed the interaction between government and citizens • Created the concept of a “public good”

  8. WPA 1935

  9. WPA: Federal Writer’s Project • Plays, slave histories, music • Most famous for fabulous state guides • Idaho’s was the first finished and published by the WPA in 1937!

  10. WPA: Federal Arts Project • Theater, music, murals, paintings • Often working class related, proletarian art • It’s purpose questioned during the Depression • Criticized as being too radical

  11. Federal Arts Project Mural at Coit Tower, SFWhat’s the message?

  12. Works Progress Administration Projects Around Idaho

  13. Nampa-Meridian Canal Construction

  14. Retaining wall, Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Lowell

  15. Challis Lookout 1948

  16. Brundage Lookout

  17. Trinity Mountain Lookout, Mountain Home

  18. East Mountain Lookout, Cascade

  19. Lochsa Ranger Station

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