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Title
Female campers posing in the woods
Contributor
Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution
San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
YWCA of Silicon Valley Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph shows a group portrait of female campers posing in the woods. One of the girls in the middle of the front row is holding a sword and has a large sombrero-type hat hanging from her neck. There is also a moustache and goatee drawn on her face. They are probably 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.
1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930
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 4.5 in.
Identifier
islandora:82_945
filename: ywca_no_date_001
islandora: 82_945
Subject
Swords
Young Women's Christian Association
Camps
Girls
Forests
Hats
Redwoods
Group portraits
Place
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
California

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