{"id":9046,"date":"2014-05-12T20:16:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T03:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=9046"},"modified":"2014-05-12T20:16:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T03:16:34","slug":"dads-story-part-10-photos-from-ccc-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2014\/05\/12\/dads-story-part-10-photos-from-ccc-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad’s Story, part 10, Photos from CCC Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is a selection from Dad’s 1934 photo album. Many of those include people, these not so much, documenting more the places. Hearing CCC\u00a0mentioned often while I was growing up, I get the idea these were formative years for him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dad-with-Camera\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dad with his camera, a fixture he adopted early and continued most of his life.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Buildings-Camp-1801\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Camp 1801, where Dad served most of the time. Looks pretty bleak and cold. At least\u00a0the tilt of the camera adds interest.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Mess-Hall\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mess hall. A study in single point perspective. The “streamers” may be for a holiday. Or is it fly paper?<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Food-Line\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A midday meal out on the work site, and early experiments with color tinting.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Line-of-Trucks\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Park service trucks in a cleared field next to a new bridge on the River Platte.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Work-Crew\"<\/a><\/p>\n

All those national parks we enjoy? This is how they were built. Look closely to see the workers behind the truck.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Bunk-House\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Focus a little soft here, but all the beds are made and all belongings in order (the few that there were).<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Latrine-with-Man\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The latrine. These guys didn’t build anything that wasn’t substantial.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Guernsey-Lake\"<\/a><\/p>\n

CCC Co. 844, Guernsey Lake. Another camp served in Wyoming. Note on back says “New Quarters.”<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Eagle-Peak\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Noted on back: “Eagle Peak, CCC Co. 3850, where I was stationed three weeks, surveying roads.”<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Typist\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A sleeping clerk. Doesn’t look like Dad, though could be a shared\u00a0desk, with his photos up, his typewriter, his camera. (Click photo to enlarge.)<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Horse\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I only include this horse as it seems indeed the same photo\u00a0pinned on the typist’s wall (above). All from the same photo album.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Airplane\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Air transport between CCC camps was probably rare, but there’s some reason this photo’s included in the album.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Volleyball-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This must be Camp 884, “old quarters.” Those tents likely very cold in winter and hot in summer. Note the volleyball game taking place.<\/p>\n

\"CCC-Volleyball-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I just had to include this photo. If you didn’t know it was a volley ball game you’d not know what to think. As it is, it’s pretty strange, and not exactly sports attire.<\/p>\n

\"Mom-1935-Color-Retouched\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, one more. Sweetheart Betty, with lots of care to color retouching. But my question: Whose are those faces looking on from behind?<\/p>\n

_______<\/p>\n

Next: The couple is separated for two years. Mom’s story, part 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here’s a post with nothing but images (with captions) just to give an idea of the times. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9046"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9179,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9046\/revisions\/9179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}