HANSEL MIETH (1909 1998) At a girls CCC Camp [Civilian Conse

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HANSEL MIETH (1909-1998)
At a girls' C.C.C. Camp [Civilian Conservation Corp], Colorado. Silver print, 12 7/8x9 1/2 inches (32.7x24.1 cm.), on the original mount measuring 20x16 inches (50.8x40.6 cm.), with Mieth's signature and date, in ink, on mount recto, and with her title, camera notations, in ink, in her hand, and her Photo by Hansel Mieth hand stamp, on mount verso. 1937

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A rare and, perhaps, unique photograph by Mieth; we have not located another print of this image.

During the time that the Farm Security Administration (FSA) sent photographers into the field, another governmental organization, the C.C.C. (Camp/Civilian Conservation Corp.), also documented rural regions in economic decline. The height of this project was 1937-1938 , the period when Mieth made this photograph -- likely for LIFE magazine, for which she produced many important picture stories.