Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of sculptor John Palo-Kangas placing a mold on his plaster statue known as the "Spirit of the C. C. C." (Civilian Conservation Corps) at the Civilian Conservation Camp No. 1917 in Griffith Park [now the Travel Town train museum]. The mold was used to create a concrete version of the statue. The statue was a Los Angeles County Relief Administration art project. Palo-Kangas told a reporter that the work would be called "Conservation of Man and Nature." The statue was replaced by a bronze version in 1993. John Pala-Kangas (also known as Uno John Palo-Kangas, and John Palokangas) was born in Finland. The "Spirit of the C. C. C." sculpture is also known as Iron Mike. He was himself an enrollee of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Text from negative sleeve: 1766, U. Jno. Palo-Kangas, Sculptor, 8/23/35 [stamped:] AUG 27 1935] Handwritten on negative: U. J... Kangas, 8/23/35 Text from newspaper caption: Typical of the country's youth engaged in Civilian Conservation Corps work, this statue of a C.C.C. youth, modeled by U. John Palo-Kangas, shown here making section molds for a stone case from plaster figure, will be placed in the Griffith Park C.C.C. camp and may be unveiled in September by President Roosevelt [Los Angeles Times, 8/26/1935].
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_10150 ark:/21198/zz002ddxf6
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Sculptors--Finish--California--Los Angeles Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sculpture--California--Los Angeles Landmarks People Arts Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Palo-Kangas, John, 1904-1957
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