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Description
2008-2858 PHOTO: LOS ANGELES COUNTY: COLD BROOK CAMP Postcards created by B.D. Jackson based on family camping trips to Cold Brook Camp. Shows view of tents beside stream. Tents are stamped "Wise & Howxie tent & awning makers". Two women and man seated at table on folding chairs. Paper lanterns suspended on ropes, American flag at one corner of tent. Addressed to W.R. Munson and dated Sep 6 '09. Cold Brook Camp, located within the Angeles National Forest, very popular with campers. Started out as hunter's camp owned by R.W. Dawson. In 1901, land leased to Doc Beatty who opened hostelry called Squirrel Inn. In 1907, Dawson took over the Inn renaming it Cold Brook Camp. Eventually built hotel, cabins and tents. Was popular in early 1900's and into the 1920's.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print (postcard) ; 3 4/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001392160CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-5500
Language
English
Subject
Private camps--California--San Gabriel Mountains Tents--California--San Gabriel Mountains Paper lanterns--California--San Gabriel Mountains Streams--California--San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Photographs San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photographic postcards
Place
California San Gabriel Mountains Los Angeles County (Calif.) San Gabriel Mountains (Calif.)
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