Swimmers at Camp Johnson (2)

September 2, 1948

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Swimmers at Camp Johnson (2)
  • Title
  • Swimmers at Camp Johnson (2)
  • Date
  • September 2, 1948
  • Identifier
  • 20180326-hpichswp-0002
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP_229_B001_F02_I02
  • Description
  • A group of swimmers posing for a picture 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
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