Camping
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the techniques of setting up and living in camps. Works on places in the country that offer simple, temporary group accommodations in an outdoor atmosphere together with an organized program of recreational or instructional activities are entered under Camps. Works on places in the country that offer temporary lodging to individuals in an outdoor atmosphere, as well as works on the facilities provided in these places are entered under Camp sites, facilities, etc.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Adirondacks Anonymous Family Camping and Fishing Trip Photographs
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10045
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...
Dates:
c. 1900
T.W. Ingersoll Sportsman’s Series Stereoview Cards Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 7013
Scope and Contents
100 chromolithographed stereoscopic cards, in original box. Subjects include 82 hunting, fishing, hiking and camping scenes from locations across North America, as well as 18 scenes of Native American camp life, including images of Ojibwa, Siksika, and Lakota people. Many of the images document scenes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, and the Pacific Northwest. Cards bear extended descriptions on the reverse.The cards are numbered 401 to 500, with copyright dates...
Dates:
1898-1905