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Description: My father, Lee Minor (1914-2009), grew up on the west side of Chicago. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933 at the age of 18. A first generation American just graduated from high school, the CCC seemed the best of the few options available to him as the Great Depression deepened. This photo and the caption below are from a scrapbook he kept during the years he served in "Roosevelt's Tree Army," separated from his home and family for the first time in his life. video: Youth Jobs Program During Great Depression (7:25) • National park backers call for creation of a service corps similar to the Depression-era CCC -LA Times
Title: Wrigley Field Los Angeles-2
Credit: Wrigley_Field_Los_Angeles.jpg
Author: Wrigley_Field_Los_Angeles.jpg: Lee Minor, father of Steve Minor, a.k.a. lumierefl from Kingston Springs, TN, USA derivative work: Nagualdesign (talk)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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