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E.R.A. Camp North of Priest River Item Info

A group of people, mostly wearing aprons and hats, stand in a kitchen with a large stove and hanging pots in the background. Tables with set plates and bottles are arranged in the foreground.
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Title:
E.R.A. Camp North of Priest River
Donor:
Chuck Peterson
Date Created (Archival Standard):
1920 - 1940
Organizations:
ERA camps
Description:
Group of kitchen workers posing for photo in front of empty tables in a dining hall at Economic Recovery Camp #102 north of Priest River.
Original Description:
Donor Chuck Peterson relayed this was an Economic Recovery Act camp that was established north of Priest River to make work during the Depression. According to Joe F. Naccarato, there was such a camp on Stone Johnny. The crew cleared a lot of snags in the woods. Hallie Griswold remembers no camp on Stone Johnny but says he worked in one located in the Falls Ranger Station-Four Corners vicinity. He says ite was E.R.A. Camp #102.
Subjects:
buildings camps dining halls
Original Subject:
forest service; buildings; guard stations; lookouts; camps
Location:
Bonner County
Latitude:
48.60763292
Longitude:
-116.9789764
Source:
Marylyn Cork Collection, Priest River Library
Source Identifier:
fs1-04
Original Format:
black and white photograph
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg
Language:
eng

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"E.R.A. Camp North of Priest River", Marylyn Cork Priest River Historical Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/priestriver/items/priestriver0176.html
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