Hyde Park Post Office Mural: Reforestation Efforts by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Archibald Rogers, 1905
Panel 11 of Hyde Park Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Hyde Park Post Office:" "1905--Young Franklin D. Roosevelt and Colonel Archibald Rogers clear out dead wood to prepare for scientific reforestation." In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which rescued the New York State reforestation program from losses suffered during the Great Depression. The CCC employed thousands of young men to plant millions of trees on marginal agricultural land whose stewards could no longer make a living by farming it. Colonel Archibald Rogers owned the neighboring esta... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Still Image |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 1940 |
| Schlagwörter: | Hyde Park (Dutchess County / N.Y. : Town)--History--Pictorial works / Forestry / Forests / murals / Roosevelt / Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) / 1882-1945 / Hyde Park Post Office / Hyde Park / NY / Work & Labor / Science & Technology / Environment & Conservation / Business & Industry / Presidents & Politicians / People |
| Sprache: | unknown |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28997783 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/bard/id/687 |
Panel 11 of Hyde Park Post Office Mural. From "Murals in the Hyde Park Post Office:" "1905--Young Franklin D. Roosevelt and Colonel Archibald Rogers clear out dead wood to prepare for scientific reforestation." In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, which rescued the New York State reforestation program from losses suffered during the Great Depression. The CCC employed thousands of young men to plant millions of trees on marginal agricultural land whose stewards could no longer make a living by farming it. Colonel Archibald Rogers owned the neighboring estate "Crumwold." Mural commissioned for Hyde Park, NY post office by WPA Section of Fine Arts Art in Public Buildings Program, photographed by C.B. Ross and Edward Campeau.