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Images show the recreational pursuits of African Americans, mostly on the East coast, in the 1940s and 1950s.Photos depict summer camps, beaches, amusement parks, barbecues and picnics, sports, and hobbies. Identified camps are Camp Minisink, Port Jervis, New Jersey; Camp Gaylord White, Arden, New York (1943); Wangum Lodge, Weathersfield, Connecticut; and Hillmans Summer Camp, Washington D.C. Sunbathers are shown at Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York (1952) and Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hobbies show doll collecting, model railroads, and quilting. Sports captured are ball playing, cycling and swimming. Of note is a series of shots showing groups enjoying Rye Playland amusement park, Rye, New York (1948). Images of children involved in recreational activities can be found in Children.
Names
Nichols, -1991 (Photographer)
Dummett (Photographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1940 - 1959 (Questionable)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Recreation
Topics
African Americans -- Recreation -- United States -- 1940-1959
African Americans -- Sports -- 1940-1959
Camps -- United States -- 1940-1959
Amusement parks -- United States -- 1940-1959
Hobbyists -- United States -- 1940-1959
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Title devised by cataloger.
Content: Some items have photographer's or photography studio's hand stamp or handwritten identification on verso. Many photographs bear notations on verso; some items have cropping marks.
Content: Photographers include Nichols, Dummett and others.
Physical Description
Extent: 48 items (.2 cu. ft., 1 box)
Extent: 39 photographic prints :gelatin silver, b&w ;26 x 21 cm. and smalller.
Extent: 3 photographic prints :gelatin silver, b&w ;18 x 26 cm. and smaller.
Extent: 2 postcards :b&w ;9 x 14 cm.
Extent: 4 dye diffusion transfer prints :col. ; 13 x 9.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG04-F114
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16015167
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0b841e10-6355-013f-2a9b-0242ac110003
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