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Listen: The Blues ProgramBaseball game against a Jasonville team at the WWI veterans labor camp - Welaka, Florida
Image Number
N044505
Date Note
Photographed May 29. 1935.
Rights
Collection
General collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Public service employment
Public welfare
New Deal, 1933-1939
Baseball
Outdoor recreation--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Leisure
Veterans
World War, 1914-1918--Veterans
World War I
WWI
Labor camps
Sports--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Sports facilities--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Men--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Baseball fields
Public welfare
New Deal, 1933-1939
Baseball
Outdoor recreation--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Leisure
Veterans
World War, 1914-1918--Veterans
World War I
WWI
Labor camps
Sports--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Sports facilities--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Men--Florida--Putnam County--Welaka
Baseball fields
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
General Note
The camp was comprised of World War One veterans (hence "Veterans Camp.") They were constructing the Welaka Fish Hatchery for the Federal Government, as well as an aviary and a municipal airport. Not clear if it is a CCC or a Resettlement Administration camp.
Baseball game against a Jasonville team at the WWI veterans labor camp - Welaka, Florida
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