Adirondacks Anonymous Family Camping and Fishing Trip Photographs
Content Description
This collection consists of 65 vernacular photographs mounted on 17 paper sheets, which document a fishing and camping trip to the Adirondack Mountains region of upstate New York in about 1900. The images depict up to nine different people, eight adults and one child. Many of the images only show two of the men in canoes or at a campsite, while some pictures show the larger party at a campsite or at a lodge. Several photographs capture the wilderness environment including trees and a lake with boats, horses, and other animals. None of the people in the images are identified. The photographs vary in size with the largest measuring about 3.75 x 4.5 inches and the smallest about 2.0 x 1.5 inches. Formats include photographs.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1900
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
The Adirondacks Mountains region of upstate New York has long been popular for outdoor recreation and environmental tourism. Travel to the area especially boomed in the years after the Civil War, as disposable incomes grew and urban residents sought to escape crowded cities during summer or winter months and visit nearby wilderness areas for vacations. Easily reachable by train from major Eastern cities like New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia, the Adirondacks were an early popular destination for outdoor activties like hunting, campings, fishing, hiking, and skiing. By the late nineteenth century, lodges and hotels sprung up around the region to support and accommodate the growing number of tourists and visitors. The area has since remained an easily accessible outdoor sports recreation location.
Full Extent
0.22 Cubic Feet (1 half document case (legal))
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Geographic
Temporal
Topical
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- July 2026
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository