Boys in a Camp Workshop

 

Name
Beals, A. Tennyson (Photographer)
New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor (Issuing body)
Community Service Society of New York (Issuing body,Former owner)
Title
Boys in a Camp Workshop
Abstract
Box 300 Folder 18 #7002 Stamped A. Tennyson Beals Photo probably Ward Manor In AICP "93rd Year Book, 1935-1936." Spot in composite picture, lower right corner, facing page 33. Section heading: CAMPS ... How AICP Fresh Air Camps Help give Children A Good Start in Life. In a 33 page, 11 x 14 pamphlet entitled, "ON FOUR FRONTS - AICP Fights Poverty by (1) Restoring Families to Self-Support, (2) Buildi ng Health, (3) Giving the Kids a Break, (4) Caring for the Aged." At bottom of title page: 1843-1937. (The 1937 is the only indication of when this pamphlet was published. There is no other date on it.) Picture facing p. 23. Caption: Encouraged to work with hand and brain, boys learn wood-carving, clay-modeling, carpentry, and other manual arts at Boy's Camp classes. Out-of-door camp activities include nature study, swimming, baseball, boxing, fishing. Men who know boys, and understand how to win their friendship, open fascinating new worlds to youngsters free the crowded tenements.
Collection Name
Community Service Society records
Shelf Location
Box no. 12, Folder no. 54, Item no. 4, Photograph no. 7002
Subjects
Workshops; Recreation; Children; Camps; Boys; Red Hook (N.Y.); Ward Manor (Red Hook, N.Y.)
Format
photographs
Genre
photographs
Date
circa 1935
Note
Annotation on back: Boys Camp
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/adwv-q674