HISTORY
OF
THE CCC AT
GILBERT LAKE
PICTURES
OF
CCC WORK
PRESENTLY
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....at Gilbert Lake State Park in New York State
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Back Row - left to right: Edward C. Strong, Assistant Supervisor; A.
Spencer
Wright, Auto Mechanic; William Farrington, Park Caretaker; John Fromery,
Carpenter; Frank G. McMasters, Shovel Operator; Martin Wall, Mason; David
E.
Hollister, Road Foreman; Nicholas A Doyle, Bookkeeper.
Front Row - left to right: Raymond Goodfellow, Carpenter; Howard Stowell,
Project Superintendent; John J. Ryan; Landscape Technician; Frank M.
Hopkins, Carpenter.
The Camp in 1935. Note the mess hall and education building in the
foreground and the four barracks and officers quarters behind it.
The Administration, camper check-in, and concession building and beach
area. To the left is the bath house that once stood. In the background is
the beginnings of a red pine plantation
The building of the cabins. The cabins originally had no water nor
electricity. Ice blocks were delivered for refrigeration
Planting fruit trees for the birds and white cedar for the deer. This
is
behind the Administration Building
Sawing ice off of Gilbert Lake to be stored in the Ice House for
refrigeration
The camp orchestra. The boys would invite their girlfriends up for a
Saturday night dance
Administration
Building and Beach House. Presently the Briggs Pavilion
Large
Group Picnic Area and Parking Lot.
Presently the “new” (1980) Beach