Don't eat the cup, Ethel, we'll have breakfast eventually, we hope!
Date
1932
Donor
Marie L. Greenwood
Summary
Five African American teenage girls and their counselor from Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills cook breakfast near Rollinsville (Gilpin County), Colorado. They hold sticks with food on them over a fire and one holds a cup. They wear overalls, pants, shirts, hats and boots.
Description
1 photographic print ; 6 x 9 cm (2 x 3 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 18 x 28 cm (7 x 11 in.)
Is Part Of
ARL39. Lincoln Hills records
Subject
Camp Nizhoni (Colo.); Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--Facilities; African Americans--Colorado--Gilpin County; Gilpin County (Colo.); Campfires--Colorado--Gilpin County; Outdoor cookery--Colorado--Gilpin County; Teenagers--Colorado--Gilpin County; Women--Colorado--Gilpin County
Geographic Area
Gilpin County (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Camp Nizhoni Album, 1928-1937, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700600101
Notes
For full image of album page with annotations see: ARL-102. For verso of album page see: ARL-105. Mounted on album page with ARL-99, ARL-100. Scanned image from photograph album loaned to the DPL Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library by Marie L. Greenwood. Title and "A real camp breakfast-eggs and bacon fried on rocks, biscuits cooked on green sticks! Try it sometime." inked on album page with identification and annotations. R7006001012
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