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"Boys At Work, Prince George's County, Maryland"

This photograph is part of a series of iconic images of the Civilian Conservation Corps taken at an "experimental farm" in Beltsville, Maryland. The photographer, Carl Mydans (1907-2004), worked for the Farm Security Administration and, in 1936, became a staff photographer for Life magazine.

Source | Carl Mydans, "Boys At Work, Prince George's County, Maryland," Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c30370
Creator | Carl Mydans
Item Type | Photograph
Cite This document | Carl Mydans, “"Boys At Work, Prince George's County, Maryland",” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1084.

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