‎Camping‎

‎Women: Camping‎

‎CAMP JOHN cover title‎

‎Peoria Il 1913. 148 photographs 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 to 3 x 4 inches mounted on 40pp. Oblong folio. Medium-weight green card stock cord tied. Light wear at edges. Thoroughly captioned. Very good. An attractive handmade photograph album documenting a camping trip made by the Tjaden family in June and July 1913 to a place they call "Camp John" near Peoria. The album features original and quoted verse numerous manuscript illustrations and other exceptional embellishments. Half of the group was made up of young women and the majority of the photos feature their exploits including water activities life in camp hiking cooking and washing and provisioning from the local farm. In general the action centers around their tent compound with several side trips to settings such as the Illinois Valley Yacht Club. <br> <br> An extensively captioned and inventive memento of an early 20th-century camping vacation. unknown books‎

Référence libraire : WRCAM54479