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Good Will Drinking: 1924
... Heels I love her shoes. I wouldn't wear them to go camping, though. That hair! Wow. Greatest hair EVER on her!! Camp ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/03/2012 - 9:44am -

August 1, 1924. Vicinity of Washington, D.C. "Camp Good Will." View full size. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. HeelsI love her shoes. I wouldn't wear them to go camping, though. That hair!Wow. Greatest hair EVER on her!! Camp Good WillCamp Good will was a "Fresh Air" camp for underprivileged children located in Rock Creek Park. It began in 1904 under the guidance of the Committee on the Prevention of Consumption, and was later run by a group of combined charities, until the 1930's. The site was eventually taken over by the CCC, and during WWII became Camp King. In short those may be the only pair of shoes she has. (The Gallery, D.C., Kids, Natl Photo, Sports)
Sebago Lake: 1959
... on the left, and friends met at the campground. This trial camping trip led to Dad buying a 9x12 high-side center ridge pole cotton tent and other equipment to go camping well into the 1960s. View full size. Sharp images And ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 03/28/2014 - 7:47pm -

Sebago Lake, Maine, 1959. Dad ventured up to his chest with his Yashicaflex camera to capture this shot, Mom on the right, my brother with the nose plugs on the left, and friends met at the campground. This trial camping trip led to Dad buying a 9x12 high-side center ridge pole cotton tent and other equipment to go camping well into the 1960s. View full size. Sharp imagesAnd beautiful colors in all of your posts Islander800. Keep them coming!! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Tin Can Tourists: 1921
"Tin can tourists. 1921 or 1922." Car camping and watermelon in or around Washington, D.C. National Photo Company ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 09/11/2011 - 1:26pm -

"Tin can tourists. 1921 or 1922." Car camping and watermelon in or around Washington, D.C. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size. Oh, my!Look at the fringe in the windows of the car. (The Gallery, Cars, Trucks, Buses, D.C., Natl Photo, Sports)
American Dream: 1936
... the years and have been used for recreational fishing and camping for a number of years. Others have been reclaimed and are now farmland ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2014 - 12:59pm -

May 1936. "Home of worker in strip coal mine. Cherokee County, Kansas." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. The Balkans of KansasMy home town of Columbus, Kansas is the county seat of Cherokee County so I am very familiar with the history of coal mining in that county and also the lead and zinc mines in the southeastern corner of that county. Coal production in that area began shortly after 1865 and was in full production by 1900. Cherokee and Crawford counties were often referred to as " The Balkans of Kansas" due to the number of immigrant coal miners into that area. The original mines were deep shaft mines but, later on, the coal was recovered by strip mining. The old strip mines have filled with water over the years and have been used for recreational fishing and camping for a number of years. Others have been reclaimed and are now farmland again. One point of attraction in Cherokee County is Big Brutus which was the worlds largest shovel and has been restored as a museum of the coal mining days. For more information about Big Brutus go to www.bigbrutus.org (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Cars, Trucks, Buses, Mining)
Michigan Mystery #3
My grandfather sometime in the 50's took a camping trip from the Watertown area of Wisconsin into Michigan through ... 
 
Posted by mamyers - 08/24/2012 - 9:45pm -

My grandfather sometime in the 50's took a camping trip from the Watertown area of Wisconsin into Michigan through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I'm trying to figure out where these were taken, if anyone lives near these areas would you mind taking some current photos and sending them my way. View full size. That-a-wayEverything seems to be off to the right. The Tower BarThe location of this image is 163 County Road W, Manitowish Waters, WI. The Tower Bar is now called Artist's Palette according to Google Street View. (Gives Google an affectionate pat) View Larger Map Tower Road - Tower BarAgreed that it is Manitowish, WI - near the Michigan border. Attached is a map with a star at Winegar, WI and Winchester is not that far away. BTW, all 3 of your photos say the trip was in the 1950s, yet I only see 1940s and earlier cars. Was wrong about the dateAlong with the photos, Dad found a permission my great granddad had to sign for my granddad. It was dated May 18, 1949 (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Crawford Notch: 1959
... Maine, where we spent a few weeks for a number of summers camping for our family summer vacation. Lots to see in this one, including the ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 03/28/2014 - 7:53pm -

Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, 1959. This was taken by Dad during a stop on our day-long drive from Bedford, Quebec to Sebago Lake State Park in Maine, where we spent a few weeks for a number of summers camping for our family summer vacation. Lots to see in this one, including the blurry TR-3 speeding out of view to the left of the picture. View full size. Beautiful photos!I love how the colors have not faded a bit. Any more of this trip? 1956 DeSoto FiredomeOn the far right. My dad had a gray and white '56 Chrysler, and my heart skipped a bit when I saw this picture. Great carMy father bought a '56 De Soto when I was a teenager. Big, smooth and very stylish. He drove it for over 10 years, great memories. Modern DayI was just here on Monday October 6th 2014. Not much has changed except for the cars, no more sign and clothing. Crawford Notch is one of my favorite places to be… My happy place! (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Ah, Wilderness: 1915
... and his aids, Colonial Beach, Va., has been picked as the camping ground for the annual maneuvers of the infantry branch of the guard, it ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/22/2012 - 8:38pm -

1915. "National Guard of D.C. cooking." Just what is it that makes a fried egg taste so much better out of doors? Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size. Colonial Beach, Va. Pick Guard Camp Site After several weeks filled with much guessing on the part of the District national guardsmen in general and much search on the part of the commanding general and his aids, Colonial Beach, Va., has been picked as the camping ground for the annual maneuvers of the infantry branch of the guard, it was announced yesterday. The encampment is to begin August 16 and continue to August 28. There have been several places under consideration, ... The camp sites usually investigated each year are at Harpers Ferry, Virginia Beach, Frederick, and other places within easy distance of Washington. Washington Post, Jul 21, 1915 Guard Ready For Trip Embarks Tomorrow for Colonial Beach Encampment. Every officer and man in the District National Guard is eagerly anticipating the events of tomorrow morning. Everything is now ready for the embarkation for Colonial Beach, where the guardsmen will put in two busy weeks of real soldiering. ... Subsistence and bagage, was in the hands of the quartermaster's and the commissary departments. The quartermaster, Maj. Robbins, has had a very busy time. All the baggage had to be on the docks by Thursday last, the rest of the time it was all being loaded aboard the St. Johns by a force of civilian labor, under the charge of Maj. Nevils and a staff of commissioned and noncommissioned officers. ... The guard while in camp will have its food provided by the subsistence department. Only enlisted men, however, will be issued rations. Each company, band and separate organization will have its own kitchen and equipment. The encampment order provides that enlisted cooks shall be used whenever practicable, although civilian cooks will also be allowed. The necessary mess arrangements for the various commands will be made by the commanding officers. Washington Post, Aug 15, 1915 District Boys Will Get a Taste of Real Soldier Life. ... The first full day in camp will be a busy one. The bugle will sound at 5:15 a.m. From that time to the first call to drill at 7 o'clock, the camp will be in an orderly whirlwind. The first important thing to attend to will be breakfast, and many citizen soldiers will taste camp fare for the first time. After breakfast, the camp must be carefully policed, or, in civilian lingo, "cleaned up." ... Drills end at 3 o'clock. After that until 5 o'clock, the men may do as they like. There probably will be a rush for bathing suits the first thing, and then a race to the beach. The parade or review will start at 5:30 o'clock. Washington Post, Aug 16, 1915 Oeufs AlfrescoIt's the leaf lard and/or bacon drippings. Magnifique! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing)
Gypsy: 1940
... in their wagons occasionally driving by their farm or camping outside the town of Pocomoke, Maryland. She would say they would read ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 01/10/2018 - 2:41pm -

May 1940. "Gypsy child on U.S. 13 five miles south of Salisbury, Maryland." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano. View full size. Romani on DelmarvaMy mom was born in 1935 about 15 miles south of Salisbury, Maryland (so not far from the photo). She used to tell me stories of Romani Travelers (or gypsies as she calls them - apologies as I think that may be a pejorative term). The Delmarva Peninsula in those days was quite rural, and according to her you would see bands of Romani in their wagons occasionally driving by their farm or camping outside the town of Pocomoke, Maryland. She would say they would read palms and sing and dance for entertainment. I must say she didn't seem to approve of those activities. I was born in 1972 in Salisbury, and never saw any evidence of Romani, so I always took the stories with a grain of salt (as she would tell me not to wander for from home or the gypsies would get me). Evidently there were Romani on Delmarva after all. Would make an interesting research project to see their history in the area! SubtextPRESTWOOD PINES. (The Gallery, Jack Delano, Kids)
Oregon: 1950s
Here we see Bill Bliss and his family camping in what I've deduced is probably Oregon in the 1950s as the plate on ... 
 
Posted by Tony W. - 09/17/2011 - 8:24pm -

Here we see Bill Bliss and his family camping in what I've deduced is probably Oregon in the 1950s as the plate on the right is an Oregon plate and the surrounding terrain in other photos suggest a north coast vacation. Scanned from the Anscochrome slide. View full size Nope.That's Northern California vegetation, not Oregon. Somewhere in the Coast Range within a hundred miles or so of the Bay Area. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Tonypix, Travel & Vacation)
Michigan Mystery #1
My grandfather sometime in the 50's took a camping trip from the watertown area of Wisconsin into Michigan through ... 
 
Posted by mamyers - 08/24/2012 - 9:46pm -

My grandfather sometime in the 50's took a camping trip from the watertown area of Wisconsin into Michigan through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I'm trying to figure out where these were taken, if anyone lives near these areas would you mind taking some current photos and sending them my way. View full size. Looks like this areahttp://goo.gl/maps/JKYNV Hwy 45This is almost certainly taken on Highway 45 at the Wisconsin-Michigan state line, just east of Land O'Lakes. Then as now, one of the major entrances to this area. Somewhere I'm sure I have a picture of me & my friends on a similar trip about 1973 or so, likely in front of that same sign. Sign?Does anyone know if this sign still exists? (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Michigan Mystery#2
My grandfather sometime in the 50's took a camping trip from the watertown area of Wisconsin into Michigan through ... 
 
Posted by mamyers - 08/24/2012 - 9:45pm -

My grandfather sometime in the 50's took a camping trip from the watertown area of Wisconsin into Michigan through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I'm trying to figure out where these were taken, if anyone lives near these areas would you mind taking some current photos and sending them my way. View full size. Michigan Mystery 2 solvedI just posted a new photo of the other side of the street. This is looking down Silver Street in Hurley, WI https://www.shorpy.com/node/13588 Hurley, Wisconsin Very familiar with this area.... Most of the buildings are long gone but the bridge remains (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Little Brownie
... sisters were Brownies in 1960s Minnesota. Lots of Brownies camping in our backyard, and burnt marshmallows and s'mores all over the place. ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 07/02/2010 - 8:44am -

This would be just the year we moved to the house we owned for 30 years, in Ottawa, Ontario. The year is 1966/67. I think I was a Pixie. My Brownie career was unremarkable but definitely more enjoyable than my 3 years in Girl Guides, of which I hated just about every minute, with the exception of camp. I like the jaunty angle of my scarf. View full size. Memory laneThanks for posting the great picture. I was a Brownie in the same time period though on the West Coast. So wonderful to see your uniform as I only have memories of mine though still have the scarf and beret. I too hated Girl Guides and loved Brownies. Another mid-sixties BrownieI was also a Brownie at the same time, in Tennessee. My second grade picture was taken wearing my uniform. I had fun as a Brownie, but didn't like it when I advanced to Junior scout--they were too serious! I just wanted to have fun (still do!). Nice MemoriesMy sisters were Brownies in 1960s Minnesota. Lots of Brownies camping in our backyard, and burnt marshmallows and s'mores all over the place. They never made it as Girl Scouts. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
It's not only a camper, it's a lunch wagon!
... Food tastes so much better when you are traveling and camping. I don't know why, but it does. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 07/10/2021 - 8:08pm -

So heading out to LA (the scenic route) and one of our lunch stops was somewhere in Wyoming. The wild, wild west is about how it is out that way with hundreds of miles of nothing. The car was running fine other than the gas gauge breaking and running us out of gas in some ghost town a day or two after this photo was taken. Our snazzy little camper had a place to fix food in the back. Food tastes so much better when you are traveling and camping. I don't know why, but it does. View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Body Work: 1974
... early 70's, friends of ours had a Vega wagon. They went camping in it one weekend (put the rear lid up with a tarp over it, fold down ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 05/22/2015 - 7:02pm -

Doing some bodywork on somebody's car for extra money. I got pretty good doing body work by experimenting on other people's car. I think I didn't charge enough; I started turning jobs down. View full size. Is this a Chevy Vega wagon?One of the great hopes of GM as they tried small cars in the '70s. I'm enjoying your pictures. I'm a contemporary of yours, though a couple of years older. Please keep them coming and for a slightly different experience, see mine. Spirit of America?If that's a Vega, then body work could easily become a full-time job. My wife had a '74 Spirit of America model, which was pretty, but the body was rusting off the frame in a year. I wrote a letter to the head of GM, expressing my hope that the true Spirit of America was more enduring than the rustbucket in my driveway. The local Chevy division manager called me a week later and arranged to have the entire body replaced on their nickel. A year later, they replaced THAT body on their nickel. Still rusted off the frame. And went through oil like crazy. Vega MemoriesIn the early 70's, friends of ours had a Vega wagon. They went camping in it one weekend (put the rear lid up with a tarp over it, fold down the rear seats, sleeping bags). Six weeks later, she finds that she's pregnant. "Damn," she says, "married six years and I still get pregnant in the back seat!" (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Raising the Sheridan barn
... Was just out there I spent the last few days camping on S. Manitou. While hiking around, I saw the grave markers of Aaron ... 
 
Posted by jack sheridan - 09/19/2011 - 11:35pm -

The photo was taken on South Manitou Island, Lake Michigan, c. 1872. The barn has disappeared but the historical farmstead and the entire island is now within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Aaron and Julia Moore Sheridan are the standing couple, upper left. Aaron Sheridan, my great grandfather, was the South Manitou lighthouse keeper from 1866-1878. View full size. Was just out thereI spent the last few days camping on S. Manitou. While hiking around, I saw the grave markers of Aaron and Julia in the old cemetery and was startled to see that father, mother, and child all had the same date of death in 1878. How very sad. I was looking for more information and found this photo of the barn - thank you very much for putting it up. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Must Have Work or Food (Colorized): 1936
... pic is a story in itself. Colorized it's almost got a "camping" sort of feel. View full size. Really great job! There are ... 
 
Posted by pdlandry - 06/14/2013 - 7:47pm -

Colorized from this Shorpy original. I found it really interesting the things that popped out on this one when I colored it - the boy's broken shoulder strap and his early prototype skateboard, a toy truck, a big piece of cardboard, a complete lack of feminine touch, every part of this pic is a story in itself. Colorized it's almost got a "camping" sort of feel. View full size. Really great job!There are so many fine colorization efforts it would be hard to pick a favorite ... but this would have to rank right up there. The color is gorgeous! Great job!! (Colorized Photos)
'56 Chevy Crash
... the late 1950s, when we travelled hundreds of miles to our camping destination on two-lane blacktop. I often stood on the rear seat, ... 
 
Posted by Zone47 - 05/08/2015 - 7:40pm -

I was in the back seat when we wrecked. A T-bird blew a red light and we T-boned them. My grandpa broke all his ribs, my Dad snapped his arm off at the shoulder. My brother and I flew into the back of the front seats and ripped the skin off our knees. We were going about 45 or so. It was a scary experience. I still remember most of the details of that day. It was a cold November day in 1964 in Kent Ohio. View full size. Whoa!My only childhood crash involved me gouging my brother's head with my teeth as Mom rear-ended somebody at a relatively slow speed. I was standing on the hump in the back, my brother was in the middle up front. That could've been me!Oh my, that Chevy looks just like the 1956 210 4-door 6- cylinder (no "V" on the hood) my Dad had when I was a kid and the car in which I learned to drive at age 11 - with "three on the tree". I remember many summer road trips in the late 1950s, when we travelled hundreds of miles to our camping destination on two-lane blacktop. I often stood on the rear seat, leaning over the front seatbacks, watching the world roll by. Safety standards sure have changed, for the better. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Happy Birthday Aunt Candy
... salt-and-pepper shakers; used them for outdoor BBQs and camping. Thanks for bringing back a memory! Wise-guy brother is also a plus. ... 
 
Posted by polishprinsezz - 08/11/2011 - 8:55am -

Kodachrome slide of my aunt turning one. Her cousin Sharon to the left and her Uncle Laddie to the right. My Grandma and her beautiful smile is 37 years old. Image taken June of 1959 in Chicago Illinois. View full size. ShakersWe had those soft polyethylene salt-and-pepper shakers; used them for outdoor BBQs and camping. Thanks for bringing back a memory! Wise-guy brother is also a plus. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Watkins Glen Parking: 1970
... today. In the background is the in-field weekend camping area, much of it tents and pickup camper caps then. Was it Watkins Glen ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 01/11/2013 - 8:54pm -

This is part of the parking paddock at Watkins Glen on CanAm weekend, 1970. Lots of American and British/European classics, all collectible today. In the background is the in-field weekend camping area, much of it tents and pickup camper caps then. Was it Watkins Glen or Mosport that the infield was known as "The Swamp" for it's "spirited" nighttime fun? View full size. Poor Quality PlumbingIn just ten short years the public restrooms at "the Glen" would all change from functional to decorative.. In an attempt to provide a clean fresh smell, someone had dropped several cases of hockey puck sized mints all over the facilities. Neatly lettered graffiti on one inside wall proclaimed.. "Don't eat the mints" (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Hanging Around
... who knows cars can be more accurate than that. They went camping a lot. They are just being silly. This is probably somewhere in Oregon. ... 
 
Posted by madelaine - 02/04/2008 - 8:06pm -

Winnie and Tom Boothby. Judging from their ages, I'd say this is the early 1940s, perhaps someone who knows cars can be more accurate than that. They went camping a lot. They are just being silly. This is probably somewhere in Oregon. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Desert Meal
This is my great grandpa out camping. It looks like he's cooking up a steak on the Coleman stove. I don't ... 
 
Posted by Tony W. - 09/17/2011 - 8:02pm -

This is my great grandpa out camping. It looks like he's cooking up a steak on the Coleman stove. I don't know the location but I'd guess it's somewhere in the deserts of California. This was taken sometime in the '50s. View full size. Scanned from a Kodak safety negative. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery, Tonypix)
Dinner on the Road
Roughing it out on a camping trip, late teens, early 1920's. From my negatives collection. View ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 08/02/2013 - 7:14pm -

Roughing it out on a camping trip, late teens, early 1920's. From my negatives collection. View full size. [I'd say late-20s at the earliest. -tterrace] NewspaperI see the paper is the Boston Herald, and the lady on the right seems to be reading it. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Long Shorts
... Another from my collection. They look like they are on a camping vacation. View full size. In need of a makeover Truly, these ... 
 
Posted by mhallack - 04/24/2015 - 7:20pm -

Another from my collection. They look like they are on a camping vacation. View full size. In need of a makeoverTruly, these are not the most flattering styles for young women to wear but they must have had a purpose. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Mom's Work is Never Done
We're on a camping trip, late 1960s, I think. Not exactly sure of where we were. Here's ... 
 
Posted by Mvsman - 03/02/2020 - 4:17pm -

We're on a camping trip, late 1960s, I think. Not exactly sure of where we were. Here's my intrepid mother, who is still with us and fully engaged at 92. The hotcakes look a bit doubtful, as does she. In later years, she told me that these trips were not really a vacation for her. She did the same stuff on the road as she did at home! Mom was (and is) such a good sport. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
First Plane Ride: 1960
Our 1960 family camping holiday to Maine's Lake Sebago State Park, and Dad sprung for our first ... 
 
Posted by Islander800 - 11/14/2014 - 7:37pm -

Our 1960 family camping holiday to Maine's Lake Sebago State Park, and Dad sprung for our first plane ride, a 15-minute seaplane tour. He caught us disembarking, me readjusting my shorts ... thanks, Dad! View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Happy Campers
... guess that this was taken in Connecticut in the 1920s. If camping is this much fun, sign me up! View full size. (ShorpyBlog, ... 
 
Posted by mintrbl - 04/03/2015 - 6:54pm -

This is a picture from an album belonging to my paternal grandparents. I can only guess that this was taken in Connecticut in the 1920s. If camping is this much fun, sign me up! View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
The Loggers
My first thought was 3 men camping, then when I saw this shelter tent placed on logs my thought was ... 
 
Posted by nunzw15 - 08/15/2014 - 7:52pm -

My first thought was 3 men camping, then when I saw this shelter tent placed on logs my thought was loggers. I have no clue as to who they are or what year it was taken. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
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