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The photograph of a radio tower and buildings were taken at the North Unit Civilian Conservation Corps camp of the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937
A group of young American men argue among themselves at an outdoor cafe overlooking the construction of the Tower of Babel in the background. Caption: Confusion of ideas among the young American builders.
The year 1906 arguably represents a turning-point in the evolution of socialism in the United States. At the very least it came face-to-face with Marxian ideas as a casual lodestar or as an intellectual imperative. Why Is There No Socialism in the United States?, a now-obscure book written by a German sociologist, Werner Sombart, had a profound effect on groups of radicals previously barely connected except by vague complaints.
Postcard showing a stone, brick tower with a clock behind a wrought iron fence, identified as St. Thomas’ Church in Portsmouth, England. Charles C. Myers notes that Portsmouth is a beautiful sea port in southern England.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Here we see the tower of St Thomas church which is said to be one of the oldest land marks in southern England.”
Photograph of a Civilian Conservation Corps foreman, Manual Dukart and unknown man, standing in front of an unfinished park pylon at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1930-1939