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Women campers diving at the lake

Description

Young women wearing bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts dive into a lake from a platform and from a diving board on the platform. A canoe with several young women is next to the platform. There are mountains and woods beyond the body of water.

Details

Descriptive Terms

recreation areas
lakes (bodies of water)
mountains
bathing caps
bathing suits
canoes
swimming
girls
recreation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000075
AccessID 100
Other identifier HNEDID-000075

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.02.1300.0300.002

Date Notes

1890s-1910s

Places

New England (United States) [general region]

Record Details

Originator

Northend, Mary H. (1850-1926) (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

campers (Persons)
camps
diving
diving boards
outdoor recreation
sports & leisure
swimming platforms
teenage girls

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Camping - Camps - Girls and women - Mary Northend photos

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