Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Guide to American summer camps from 102 years ago

As a bonus addendum to this afternoon's baseball-themed post, here is a rundown of all the summer camps that are listed in the classified-advertisement section of that April 19, 1913, issue of The Outlook.

It's broken down by boys' camps and girls' camps, and includes some of the details presented in the advertisements.

BOYS
  • Camp Riverdale (Long Lake, New York): "Wilderness camp for boys in a famous hunting and fishing region. Mountain climbing, mastery of the woods, of the water, and of boats." [This camp closed in 1964, according to this website.]
  • Camp Wonposet (Bantam Lake, Connecticut): "Write for booklet." [Camp closed in 1997, but there's a Facebook page.]
  • Camp Oxford (Oxford, Maine): "A healthful, happy, helpful summer place for boys."
  • The Gilmanton Camp (Gilmanton, New Hampshire): "Equipment unsurpassed. Expenses moderate. Impossible to describe here."
  • Camp Wampanoag (Cape Code, Massachusetts): "Scouting over old Indian trails, land and water sports, prizes."
  • Navajo Camps for Boys on the Maine Coast: "Mountain climbing, boating, wonderful motor-boat and sail cruises, swimming, fishing, athletic sports."
  • Camp Winona (Moose Pond, Maine): "For boys, 8 to 15 years of age." [Still around!]
  • Minne-Wawa (Algonquin National Park, Ontario, Canada): "Booklet."
  • Camp Katahdin (in the Maine Woods): "The place to make boys manly."
  • St. Regis Camp for Boys (the Adirondacks): "Free tutoring in all subjects by experienced graduates. All land and water sports. Character building. Terms moderate."

GIRLS
  • Camp Ken-Jocketee (Vermont): "Riding, swimming, boating and mountain climbing."
  • Sargent Camp (Peterboro, New Hampshire): "On our own lake. ... Amateur theatricals, music. Food from farm. Songs and stories around the camp fire." [Still around! Called Sargent Center.]
  • Camp Eagle Point (Stinson Lake, New Hampshire): "The fields, woods, and waters. Athletics, water sports, horseback riding. ... Real camp life without discomfort."
  • Camp Fairweather (Francestown, New Hampshire): "Field and water sports, nature study, mountain climbing, dancing, elective instruction, tutoring."
  • Camp Wabanaki (Lake George, New York): "Instruction by a specialist in arts and crafts. Designing, out-of-door sketching, basketry, stenciling and leather work, water sports, tennis and nature study."
  • Wyonegonic Camps for Girls (Moose Pond, Maine): "Three separate camps, ages 9 to 21" [Still around! Is the "oldest continuously-run camp for girls in America."]
  • Kill-Kare Kamp (Mount Vernon, Maine): "Practical domestic science if desired." [This is a Kill Kare Kamp cottage that was established in 1917 and is still in operation. But I don't see anything about the Kamp itself.]
  • Camp Teconnet (China Lake, Maine): "On our own island. ... New dining hall, assembly house and tents. Swimming, fishing, canoeing, motor boating."
  • Quanset (Cape Cod, Massachusetts): "Swimming, canoeing, sailing, taught under the safest conditions. ... Original musical comedy under able leadership. Weaving."
  • Chatham Woods Camps (South Chatham, New Hampshire): "Fourth season. Booklet."
  • Alford Lake Camp for Girls (South Hope, Maine): "Bungalows and tents among the woods. Outdoor and indoor dining rooms, swimming, tennis, basketball, horseback riding, mountain trips." [Still around! Here's their Facebook page.]
  • Pine Tree Camp for Girls (on the summit of the Poconos, Pennsylvania): "Outdoor sports, carefully supervised. Swimming, canoeing at option of parents. Nature study."
  • Camp Winnecomack (Munsonville, New Hampshire): "All land and water sports, horseback riding."
  • Camp Setag (the Adirondacks): "Booklet."

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