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Camp Kenyon J. Scudder Lantern Slides

Owning Institution: LA County Library

About this Collection

Camp Kenyon Scudder was a juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles County, California, named after Kenyon J. Scudder, who served as the Chief Probation Officer of Los Angeles County when the camp was established in the early 1930s. It was one of the first forestry camps for juvenile detainees (young men, aged 16-18 years) in the state of California, pioneering outdoor labor as part of rehabilitation programs.

The ninety-seven collection items found in the Camp Kenyon J. Scudder Lantern Slides collection include black-and-white, sepia and colorized glass lantern slide images from the 1930s.

Artifacts in the Camp Kenyon J. Scudder Lantern Slides collection are made possible in collaboration with the County of Los Angeles Probation Department. For further information, please see County of Los Angeles Probation (https://probation.lacounty.gov/) View this collection on the contributor's website.

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97 items found in this collection

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Addressing the assembly
Addressing the assembly
Bath house queue
Breaking rocks
Burning hillside and smoke
Camp buildings and trees
Camp dining hall
Camp dormitory and flagpole
Camp dormitory and residents
Camp residents dining
Clearing the road
Crouched for a race
Crowded dormitory
Departure waves
Digging in the dirt
Dirt diggers
Dormitory life
Earthmoving by hand
Electricity poles amongst the tress and buildings
Fire crew at work
Fire crew in action
Fire engine and smoke
Fire engine and smoke
Fire hose instruction
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