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Lake Jawejo at Camp Johnson

September 2, 1948

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Lake Jawejo at Camp Johnson
  • Title
  • Swimmers at Camp Johnson
  • Date
  • September 2, 1948
  • Identifier
  • 20180326-hpichswp-0001
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP_229_B001_F02_I01
  • Description
  • A pair of swimmers relaxing by Lake Jawejo at Camp Johnson. Located in Raccoon Creek State Park in Beaver County, Camp Johnson was a "fresh air" camp for African American children in the Western Pennsylvania area. The camp was named after NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson and was open from 1939 until 1967.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • African Americans--Recreation.
    Beaver County (Pa.)
    Camps and camping--Pennsylvania--Beaver County.
  • Source
  • Camp Johnson, Photographs, c. 1947-1995, MSP 229, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Camp Johnson Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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