Text and annotations on album page read: "[ARL-91] The 'gang' going to the creek for the daily dip. Did anyone mention styles? No, we are not going to fight anyone; the sticks are to keep us from floating away, [ARL-92] 'Hawky' (Eleanor Hawkins) bathing beauty of the Rockies, [ARL-93] Be sure to soap all over. Brr-rr! Bathing in nature's own 'bathroom' running water and everything (except heat)." The photographic prints on album page show: a group of African American teenage girls in swim suits; an African American teenager in a swim suit in South Boulder Creek; a group of African American teenage girls in swim suits on bank of South Boulder Creek at Camp Nizhoni in Lincoln Hills (Gilpin County), Colorado..
Description
3 photographic prints mounted on album page ; 18 x 28 cm. (7 x 11 in.)
Is Part Of
ARL39 Camp Nizhoni Album, 1928-1937, Phyllis Wheatley YWCA.
Type of Material
Imaged.; Image
Subject
Camp Nizhoni (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Young Women's Christian Association (Denver, Colo.). Phyllis Wheatley Branch--People--1930-1940.; African Americans--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Lincoln Hills (Colo.)--1930-1940.; South Boulder Creek (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Camps--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Girls--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Streams--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Teenagers--Colorado--Lincoln Hills--1930-1940.; Hawkins, Eleanor.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
Marie L. Greenwood.
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: ZZR700600094
Notes
For individual scans of items on album page see ARL-91, ARL-92, ARL-93.; For verso of album page see ARL-98.; Scanned image from photograph album loaned to the DPL Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library by Marie L. Greenwood.; Title and "The second week was one of the happiest periods spent at camp although there were only six campers (10 to 19 yrs), two councillors [sic], a director, and camp mother" inked on album page with identification and annotations.; R7006000943
Filename
00600094.TIF
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