Camp Rainbow, 1932-1935

PhotographerPhotographed by Publishers' Photo Service, Inc.

PhotographerPhotographed by Unknown

Date1932-1935

MediumPhotography; gelatin silver prints on paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 1/4 x 9 3/8in. (18.4 x 23.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 7 1/2 x 9 1/2in. (19.1 x 24.1cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the YMCA of Greater Hartford

DescriptionBoys and staff members pose for formal portraits and engage in activities at a summer camp. Activities include canoeing, archery practice, and a campfire program. One photograph includes a frame cabin with a screened-in porch.

Object number2006.109.3-.12

Markings2006.109.8: On paper label, typed in black ink, "Photo of 1932-3 Camp Rainbow Staff / Bottom Row l to r - No. 1 Bert Hill / No. 3 Mrs. Sam Johnson Johnson, No. 4 Sam Johnson / No. 5 Mrs. Tom Cook / No. 7 Ray Oosting / Top Row: Left to Right / No. 2 Joe Brown, No. 3 Curley Krause / No. 4 George Jones No. 7 Kiyotaka Yoneda / No. 8 Jenkins? / Small photos of the River, of one Cabin personnel, of Curly Krause and / unidentified staff helper"InscribedSome photographs have inscriptions identifying the subjects.
2006.109.10: On verso, in blue ink, "1st period campers Cabin 3 Camp Rainbow, Conn. / Left to right: / Chas. Buckland, 3rd, Robt. Pin-/tavelli, Blakeslee Woodruff, Kenneth / Austin / Earl Batterson, Daniel / Mascolo, James Montgomery"
2006.109.12: On recto, lower margin, "'Curly" Marlin Krause"
On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession numbersNotesSubject Note: Camp Rainbow, a YMCA summer boys camp, was located on the Farmington River in Windsor. It operated from the late 1920s until the late 1940s; the property was sold in 1948. (Finlay 3/26/2011)

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