Recreation & Camps
Boys' Camps and Camping,YMCA,Boyhood,Snapshots
Southwick, Massachusetts: 1910. A one-of-a-kind photo and narrative album memorializing the summer of 1910 at Camp Congamond. The camp was first held in 1908 for Y.M.C.A. boys, and was located at Congamond Lake in Southwick, Massachusetts. A later iteration would also be established for girls. The present photo album contains.....
Price: $475.00
Summer Camps,American Language Camps and Schools
Istanbul, Turkey: Amerikan Lisan ve San'at Dersanesi, c1930. Printed circular promoting a summer camp for girls located in Istanbul, Turkey, hosted by the Amerikan Lisan ve San'at Dersanesi (American Language and Arts School). Includes a brief overview of the program on the front, and line drawings of some of the.....
Price: $150.00
Summer Camps, International Friendship
Risör, Norway: Camp Viking, 1920s. Advertising pamphlet for Camp Viking, a "Norwegian Camp run on American plan" created "to promote international friendship between girls". Includes two illustrations: one of Viking ship on cover, and one of the main camp building inside. Designed for girls ten years of age or older.....
Price: $150.00
Panorama, Humor, Masons, Aleppo, Shriners
Boston, Massachusetts: Aleppo Temple, 1922. An early 1920's poster advertising a meeting and annual outing for the Aleppo Shriners. The printed poster (26.25" by 11") contains information about the events on the front along with humorous cartoons; on the back, it features a large panorama printed in yellow and black.....
Price: $250.00
camp, nature resort, fishing, family
Jackman, ME: Holden Brothers, [1930]. A brochure for Attlean Lake Camps, a nature resort in Jackman, Maine, on the shores of Attlean Pond. It features twenty-two (22) guest log cabins, most with private baths, that can hold between 2 to 6 people each. The camp has a variety of activities.....
Price: $90.00
music, musical instruments, camp, non profit, child welfare, singing, chorus
Oakland, ME: New England Music Camp, [1940]. A brochure for New England Music Camp located in Oakland, ME. Started in 1937 as a nonprofit by Dr. Paul E Wiggin and his wife Nina Wiggin, the camp's goal was to cultivate and refine the musical skills of the youth as well.....
Price: $110.00
The Great American Road Trip,History of National Parks in America,Glacier National Park,Outdoor Recreation
United States: c.1936. A pair of items related to tourism in Glacier National Park in the 1930s, when road trips to national parks were beginning to become a more common American family vacation and pastime. The first item is a "Motorist's Guide" (illus. pamphlet measuring 9" by 4" folded) with.....
Price: $125.00
Girlhood,Summer Camps for Girls
La Crosse, Wisconsin: Camp Ancona, 1920s. Promotional brochure for Camp Ancona, a summer camp for girls located near La Crosse, Wisconsin operated by Josephine Mahoney. Promotes itself as a haven for girls in an uncertain modern world: "In this day, when all about us we see unhappy restless women, it.....
Price: $125.00
Camping, American Manufacturing
New York, New York: Camp Outfit Manufacturing Co., 1908. "Waterproof Tents a Specialty" at Camp Outfit Manufacturing Co., according to its illustrated advertising brochure. Includes illustrations of products offered, eye-catching typographical design, and a direct address to its customer: "Campers! You all know that to the Camper, the question of.....
Price: $225.00
boys and girls camp, christian camp, ymca,
Concord, NH: Young Men's Christian Association, 1923. A brochure for Camp Spaulding, a Christian summer camp for young boys and girls in Concord, New Hampshire. The camp focuses on offering "real opportunities to gain a greater appreciation of the wonders of Nature and a reverence and loving thought for the.....
Price: $95.00
boys camp, fishing, camping, swimming
Chautauqua, NY: 1934. Camp Tonka'wa, pronouced Ton-ka-wa, was an all boys camp in upstate New York. There the boys would spend their summer camping in tents on raised wooden platforms participating in a variety of activities, such as tennis, golf, swimming, boating and canoeing, aquaplaning (a form of water-skiing), nature.....
Price: $90.00
boarding schools, recreation & camps, travel, advertising, Lona Hazzard School, Houdd Gibson School
Castle Rock Springs, CA: Children's Summer Resort, 1927. Self proclaimed as the "Switzerland of American" the Children's Summer Resort was located in small lakeside town in Castle Hot Springs, CA. The children's resort was run by two boarding schools, Lona Hazzard School in Alameda, CA and Houdd Gibson School in.....
Price: $100.00
Colorado,Rocky Mountains,Pikes Peak,Automobile Tourism
[Chicago, Illinois]: Rock Island, 1920s. A promotional photo-illustrated view book published by the the Rock Island railway, the only direct line to both Denver and Colorado Springs from St. Louis and Chicago, marketing Colorado as destination for nature lovers and automobile tourists. Features over twenty-five illustrations of the sweeping Rocky.....
Price: $150.00
Camp Fire Girls, Scouts, Youth Groups, Diversity and Inclusion, Women and Friendship
New York, New York: Camp Fire Girls, 1920s. A gathering of nine (9) items from the 1920s relating to an Iowa branch of the youth organization Camp Fire Girls. Highlights include three bound gatherings of typewritten meeting programs with lists of members and officers, as well as a handwritten copy.....
Price: $300.00
Campers and Trailers,The American Family Road Trip
Chicago, Illinois: Gilkie Camp Trailer Co., c.1930. Illustrated advertisement for the Gilkie Camp Trailer, offering American families "Comforts and Convenience" during camping trips, while also being collapsible to be easily and compactly towed behind the family car. Folding pamphlet measuring approx. 6.25" by 3" folded, with illustrations of the product.....
Price: $150.00
camp, camping
Tuftonboro, NH: Camp Belknap, 1936. Camp is an all boys summer resident camp found in 1903. Originally it was operated by the YMCA until 1996 when it switched to an independent non-profit. The boys ranged in age from 8 to 16 and could stay for one, two, four, six or.....
Price: $350.00
Camps and Camping,Log Cabins
Milford, Maine: New England Camp and Cabin Company, c.1940? Illustrated trade catalogue for a Maine-based camp and cabin company selling ready-to-assemble log cabins and rustic wood furniture. Marketed to families seeking a naturalistic mountain retreat from the hustle and bustle of everyday urban and suburban living. Each product is priced.....
Price: $225.00
Music and Arts Camps, Music Education, History of Maine
Oakland, Maine: New England Music Camp, 1939-1955. A grouping of ephemera related to the New England Music Camp spanning the years 1939 and 1955, including five (5) printed programs (each approx. 6.25" by 4") and one (1) photographically illustrated advertising brochure (9" by 6", pp. [12], in original printed wrappers).....
Price: $175.00
recreation & camps, billhead, advertising,
Quincy, IL: Point Pleasant Colony, [1915]. Point Pleasant Colony was a summer camp designed for "Ladies, Gentleman, and Children, Conducted According to the Highest Standards". Located in Quincy, IL, on the shores of Mississippi River and surrounded by forests it promoted itself as a retreat for families and individuals. The.....
Price: $85.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Playgrounds and Playscapes,Child Development Through Play,Spalding,Physical Education
Chicopee, Massachusetts: A.G. Spalding & Bros, 1919. A late 1910's advertising booklet for Spalding brand playground equipment, advertised as a safe and fun way for kids to grow, learn, and develop. Includes everything from basketball goals and volley ball nets to May poles, seesaws, swings, and indoor gymnasium equipment such.....
Price: $600.00
Camp Pranks, Social History, Made by Hand
c1930. The retelling of camp pranks on typewritten cut-outs artfully arranged in seven (7) pages. The pages are titled A Hot Pie Party - Pizza , beer and dancing The Bottle Brigade - bottles and wet sheets for 2 campers Professor and the Springs - springs removed from a tipsy.....
Price: $225.00
Girl Scouts
New York, New York: Girl Scouts, 1947-1948. "You can help girls find the kind of leaders they want". Two (2) issues of "The Girl Scout Leader", published in Dec. 1947 and Feb. 1948. Published monthly, the serial offered scout leaders with organization and member news, and provides us today with.....
Price: $125.00
Military Academies,Summer Camps for Boys
Los Angeles, California: Urban Military Academy, 1911. Promotional pamphlet for the Urban Military Academy's summer camp for the year 1911 held offsite their Los Angeles campus, at Coronado Beach. Features a photo of a young boy in military dress on the cover, as well as photos of a boy playing.....
Price: $125.00
Children's Camp, Boys Sleepaway Camp, North Carolina,
Brevard, N.C. Queen City PTG. Co., 1935. 40pp. Embossed cover illustration of boy golfer. Includes original mailing envelope with image of stereotypical Native American. The Camp Carolina brochure provides details about the general life and activities that can be expected for boys to experience. There is a description of the.....
Price: $110.00