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Boy campers on water slide

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Subject Collection / Camping: Boys and Men: Mary H. Northend / Large - Subjects - Camping - Camps - Boys and men - Mary Northend photos

GUSN

GUSN-194840

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Description

Boys and girls descend a water slide, swim, splash, and generally enjoy themselves. The girls wear bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts, and the boys wear tank suits.

Details

Descriptive Terms

recreation areas
bathing beaches
bathing caps
bathing suits
tank suits
swimming
girls
boys
recreation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000112
AccessID 148
Other identifier HNEDID-000112

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.02.1300.0200.001

Date Notes

1880s-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
camps
diving
outdoor recreation
sports & leisure
water slides

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Subject Collection / Camping: Boys and Men: Mary H. Northend / Large - Subjects - Camping - Camps - Boys and men - Mary Northend photos

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