CPS Camp Number 020

CPS Camp Number 020

Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 20, a Soil Conservation Service base camp located in Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania and operated by the Mennonite Central Committee, opened in October 1941 and closed in October 1944. Men performed soil conservation work contouring farms to prevent soil erosion.

CPS Camp No. 20, Sideling Hill, Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania
Camp secretaries (unidentified) working in technical office
Digital Image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1942
CPS Camp No. 20
CPS Camp No. 20, Sideling Hill, Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania.
Field work.
Digital image, Photo #1357. Box 1, Folder 13. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 20
CPS Camp No. 20, Sideling Hill, Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania.
Civilian Public Service men planting trees.
Digital image, Photo #9. Box 1, Folder 13 MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 20
CPS Camp No. 20
Civilian Public Service camp #20, Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1942

Units:

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  • Location: Wells Tannery, Pennsylvania | Opened: October 1941 | Closed: October 1944