Spade used by members of the Civilian Conservation Corps
notes: label: Description
content: Established as part President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided employment for unemployed, unmarried men between the ages of 17 to 28 years old. Operating from 1933 until 1942, the CCC provided young men for manual labor projects concerning conservation and development of national resources for federal, state, and local governments. Administration and organization of the CC fell to four federal government departments. The Department of Labor recruited personnel, the War Department supervised the CCC camps, while the Departments of Agriculture and Interior organized and supervised the actual work projects.
label: Description
content: Approximately three million men participated in the CCC during its nine years of operation. Those men who joined the CCC received food, clothing, and shelter with a monthly salary of $30, $25 of which had to be sent home to the respective member’s family. Military veterans, African Americans, and Native Americans also participated in the CCC. Overall, the program aided the young men enrolled and their families through the lean years of the Great Depression, while raising greater awareness of the country’s natural resources.
label: Description
content: This simple D-handled spade found service in the CCC and U.S. Forest Service for cutting and scraping soil. The oak or hickory handle is marked “CCC” while the top of the steel spade head is stamped “FS (Forest Service) and “CCC.” This spade came to the museum from the collection of Joe Bidwell of New Brighton, MN.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Civilian Conservation Corps
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0098.29
label: accession number
content: 2013.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0098.29
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spade
label: Object Name
content: shovel
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 2 in; 92.075 cm x 19.05 cm x 5.08 cm