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Title
Teenage girls sitting and writing on the steps of a building
Contributor
Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection
Rights Information
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish or quote from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description
Photograph shows three teenage girls sitting on the steps of a building. One of them is writing on paper she holds in her lap. One of the other girls is writing on paper that the third girl is holding in her lap. They are probably campers at the YWCA's Camp Ayun Mapu in Big Basin, California.
The YWCA's Camp Ayun Mapu at Big Basin near Boulder Creek attracted about 150 girls for two week sessions in the summer. From Fran Smith, "Breaking Ground:The Daring Women of the YWCA in the Santa Clara Valley, 1905-2005," (2005), p. 51. Big Basin became a state park in 1902.
1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
3.5 x 3.5 in.
Identifier
islandora:82_146
filename: ywca_1950_021
islandora: 82_146
Subject
Young Women's Christian Association
Buildings
Camps
Girls
Teenagers
Writing
Place
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
California
Relation
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection

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