Entrance archway for CCC camp 718 shows the log arch sign, "Camp S-54 Civilian Conservation Corps Company 718, Visitors Welcome." Along with white stone "Company 718" spelled out in the foreground.
Russell St. Arnold in CCC truck driving through water, CCC camp 712 Grand Marais, MN. Back of photo says, "Here is me and Suzy, that's my truck '39 Dodge."
Enrollee (identified as Jessen) at rock wall near Cascade River Wayside. Shows close up of CCC work done by Spruce Creek crews. From the scrapbook of Harold Moe, enrollee who later settled in Cook County.
Image shows CCC men doing "rainy weather work" according to the caption from the Chester Erickson (U.S. Forest Service) scrapbook. The men appear to be peeling logs for camp buildings.
Interior of the doctor's office and hospital of the Hovland, MN, CCC camp shows medical supplies and equipment. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Construction of the Cascade River State Park bridge done by the Spruce Creek CCC crew. Metal bridge structure remains intact today with only logs, decking and rails having been replaced. Harold J. Moe is shown working on the bridge.
Commissary of the Hovland, MN, CCC camp is full of food supplies needed for more than 200 men. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Three CCC enrollees, including enrollee Vernon E. Miller on the left, are cleaning a barrel woodstove. Such stoves would have been in most every occupied building at the camp.
Young men of Company 1722 of the Civilian Conservation Corps are gathered outside a building built with vertical logs. The men wear coats and boots. Four men in the center are dressed in white and are possibly the camp cooks.
Unidentified man shown in from of the log and canvas tent headquarters tent at the Rose Lake Portage Camp in 1935. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
Image of CCC building in Hovland, MN, that was still standing and used for storage by possibly both the highway department and the forest service until the 1990s. Rock walls and stairs from this camp can still be seen on the Arrowhead Trail in Hovland.
Image of CCC building in Hovland that was still standing until the 1990s shows a sign on the door that identifies the building as "Hovland Ranger Station."
Image shows a crew of 15 or more young men in an cleared area of land carrying on their backs crates of trees to plant and the tools to do it. Stamped on back is Joseph R. Florian.
CCC enrollee chops at fallen tree as forest fire approaches on Isle Royale, Michigan (the Lake Superior island is historically connected to Cook County, Minnesota).
Five CCC enrollees are shown pushing what looks like a stove on a wheelbarrow up the trail to the top of Lima Mountain using "modern transportation." From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
Five or so CCC enrollees are in this image and are being instructed on the use of the marine pumper shown. Scrapbook information from enrollee Albert Malner indicates that "this machine pumped water thru 5230 ft of hose." It is labeled as an Austin 4 cylinder.
An image of an open field with CCC workers planting trees shows men bent over, planting seedlings from their crates. Stamped on back of photo is Joseph R. Florian.
CCC crew fought the forest fires of 1936, a year when there were many fires burning. Shown is a birch tree on fire taken by enrollee Albert Malner on Long Island (possibly Lake Saganaga or Long Island Lake)
Image shows enrollee using fire fighting equipment shooting a stream of water in the middle of a scorched forest. CCC helped in fighting fires on Isle Royale and in Cook County, Minnesota.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and camp dog posed before facilities, water tower, picket fences and trellis in spring.
A large group of young men from Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2703 take time out from their construction project to pose in front of their wood shanty barracks.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees, cooks posed with equipment, axes and saws before facilities in spring.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before plank buildings in winter.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and ethnic group posed before log buildings in winter. Captain G. R. Eggleston, Commanding Officer.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before health care facilities in summer.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees, cooks, and camp dogs posed before facilities and musical instrument in winter.
Image shows CCC enrollees of Company 712 standing next to a line of four or more trucks in winter time. The caption in the scrapbook notes "30 below and rarin' to go." From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee who would become Cook County Sheriff.